21 lines
3.2 KiB
HTML
21 lines
3.2 KiB
HTML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
|
||
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>for the rest of us</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="for-free.html" title="for free"/><link rel="next" href="for-values-of.html" title="for values of"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">for the rest of us</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="for-free.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="for-values-of.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="for-the-rest-of-us"/><dt xmlns="" id="for-the-rest-of-us"><b>for the rest of us</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the Mac slogan “<span class="quote">The computer for the rest of us</span>”]
|
||
</p></dd><dd><p> 1. Used to describe a <a href="../S/spiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">spiffy</i></a> product whose
|
||
affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used
|
||
sarcastically to describe <a href="../S/spiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">spiffy</i></a> but very overpriced
|
||
products. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Describes a program with a limited interface, deliberately
|
||
limited capabilities, non-orthogonality, inability to compose primitives,
|
||
or any other limitation designed to not ‘confuse’ a naive user.
|
||
This places an upper bound on how far that user can go before the program
|
||
begins to get in the way of the task instead of helping accomplish it.
|
||
Used in reference to Macintosh software which doesn't provide obvious
|
||
capabilities because it is thought that the poor lusers might not be able
|
||
to handle them. Becomes ‘the rest of
|
||
<span class="emphasis"><em>them</em></span>’ when used in third-party reference; thus,
|
||
“<span class="quote">Yes, it is an attractive program, but it's designed for The Rest Of
|
||
Them</span>” means a program that superficially looks neat but has no depth
|
||
beyond the surface flash. See also <a href="../W/WIMP-environment.html"><i class="glossterm">WIMP
|
||
environment</i></a>, <a href="../M/Macintrash.html"><i class="glossterm">Macintrash</i></a>,
|
||
<a href="../P/point-and-drool-interface.html"><i class="glossterm">point-and-drool interface</i></a>,
|
||
<a href="../U/user-friendly.html"><i class="glossterm">user-friendly</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="for-free.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="for-values-of.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">for free </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> for values of</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
|