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The basic nature of the instructions reminded me of talking to a guy I met in Charlotte who was mad about how young people today don't really know why editing t
by sverige 8y ago
The basic nature of the instructions reminded me of talking to a guy I met in Charlotte who was mad about how young people today don't really know why editing text or photos is called "cut and paste." He was a professional photographer who took many iconic photos of stock car races from the 50s through the 80s or 90s, and was good friends with (for example) Bill France of NASCAR.
Anyway, he published a magazine (or maybe more than one, I can't remember) with photos and stories about racing. They had to be literally cut and pasted onto boards before printing. It was genuinely irritating to him that people could simply point and click at a scissors icon to edit their layout and still call themselves "editors."
Of course, I listened with great interest, since I'm still irritated that CLI isn't the standard any more.
- foobar1962 8y ago> They had to be literally cut and pasted onto boards before printing. Well resourced offices had a machine that you’d feed the photos into to put a thin layer of wax on the back. The wax remained tacky (like post-it note glue) to hold the photos and text elements in place but let them be easy to reposition.