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Re: info-find-source


From: tomas
Subject: Re: info-find-source
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:46:36 +0100
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 01:54:06AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Another example where info is slower is this
> very common situation.
> 
> 1. You look something up with info and use it.
> 
> 2. You look something else up and use that.
> 
> 3, or I mean 1b - because the first thing
> didn't quite work! Now, with info, you have to
> navigate back to that node to see what it
> really said. And maybe between steps 1 and 2,
> you looked up something else still, which you
> didn't use, which might even belong to some
> different program, etc. etc.!

Ahh... the "lost in cyberspace" syndrome. It was widespread
in the Internets around 1990. These days less, because all
there is is Facebook ;-)

(a bit tongue-in-cheek, as you might guess).

Perhaps some kind of visual orientation help
(akin to some breadcrumbs) might help there?

Cheers
- -- t
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