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Quote: the tool metaphor--regardless of what users think they're doing, they are actually using computers to carry out their commands, just like programmers

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command-line as a UserInterface
Topic:
mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors

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Interface styles that are indirect--that is, those in … objects they represent--spring from the notion that computers … think they are doing (for example, searching a … to carry out their commands, just like programmers. …   Google-1   Google-2

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