Thanks cdh, It might be interesting to note that the problems you mention are exactly what I've been working on in my debugger, minimizing syllables and reducing short term memory requirements. I designed a whole compiler underneath the surface that tries to intelligently handle these things, and I've been running human studies to figure out what works best under what situations. And, if I've learned anything during the process, it's that you are right. In fact, I might go so far as to say that, from the data I've been able to gather so far, that short term memory issues are one of the most, if not the most, significant issues. Andreas __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind