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Aucbvax.2245 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Sun Jul 12 06:28:03 1981 Icons >From LLOYD@MIT-AI Sun Jul 12 06:22:38 1981 Currently we catagorize workstation functions on the basis of the existing tools we now use. Is it not possible for us to define a new set of functions that encompasses the current range of tools/procedures, but is much smaller? Given this, we will have to develop a new set of icons to define the new functions. If indeed we must define new icons, don't we lose the existing mental correlation between picture and function?

Perhaps we should look at the whole problem from another angle. Let us assume that the "intelligent desk" leads us in the direction of modified worker activity. I think we should do another system analysis and see if we can come up with a new view of the problem: one that has an elegant [simple] solution.

Brian

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