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Re:Emulating the AT&T 3B2 Computer by MarkMMullin on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:51AM (#17133690)
The "touch" button thing was a big deal back then - Apple and others kept reminding devs that is was not a good idea to tell users to "hit" keys as sometimes this was taken a little too literally :-)
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Re:Emulating the AT&T 3B2 Computer by tr352 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:05PM (#17138796)
Or to ask users to "dolt" [1].

[1] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...

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Re:Emulating the AT&T 3B2 Computer by zenojevski on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @01:34PM (#17136116)
What's wrong with "press"?
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Re:Emulating the AT&T 3B2 Computer by kabdib on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:32PM (#17139445)
That's what everybody else uses. If you want to write edgy, hip and modern documentation you need to use words that other people don't. "Touch" implies a friendly, approachable and non-threatening user interface. It lets your boss know that you're all-in with this edgy new Unix UI stuff.

tl;dr: It's marketing bullshit.

The UI on the 3B1 was definitely nothing to write home about . . .

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