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Why was Windows 3.0's WinHelp called an online help system when it ran offline?
- rolph 1y agoonline had a different colloquium in that age. it meant ready for use, no unpacking, compiling, or decrypting. posted yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45365450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45365450
- atmanactive 1y agoOnline, as in ready to use right there on your screen, as opposed to having a printed book to search through.
- JohnFen 1y agoThis reminds me of an event many years ago. I was digging through a box of junk I had stored and pulled an old phone out. My child looked at the dial on the front and said "Oh! That's why we say we 'dial' a phone number!" It hadn't occurred to me that was a mystery term until then.
- brudgers 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) Why are computers called "computers" when they are machines and not people? Words have current uses, not Platonic meanings.