[Publib] Re: Web. 3.0 and MS Vista on laptops

[helene bjorseth]

Here's an explanation of why you "shut down" with "start" from one of the
developers.

"When we asked people to shut down their computers, they clicked the Start
button.
Because, after all, when you want to shut down, you have to start somewhere."

Darn those usabiity tests!
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/07/22/54559.aspx

-- 
Helene Bjorseth
Electronic Resources / Reference Librarian
Highland Park Public Library
494 Laurel Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035
847-432-0216



> But the man and his company have retarded the
> development of computing technology by years, if not
> decades. Who else could have come up with shutting
> down a computer by clicking a button called START? I
> have long suspected that up in Redmond is a secret
> Microsoft Institute for User-Hostile Software Design.
>
> Heck, if it weren't for Gates, we'd probably be at Web
> 9.0 by now, and would have forgotten all about
> CTRL-ALT-DEL, or never heard of it in the first place.
>
> Linda and I have been Mac since January 12, 1985. I
> won't be silly and claim that there are no annoyances
> with Macs, but in comparison to the stuff on offer
> from the Intergalactic Software Empire, there are damn
> few. I simply cannot remember the last time my MacBook
> froze. In fact, it may never have happened. There is
> no blue screen of death, only the blue skies of happy
> and easy computing.
>
> Yeah, yeah. Our city I.T. departments are wedded to
> Microsoft. (What mojo has Gates got on them, anyway?
> -- Answering his own question: The same mojo IBM had
> on corporate America in the 60s and 70s, when it was
> said that Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and
> Honeywell may have the innovations, but no one ever
> got fired for specifying IBM.)
>
> This is a crying shame. When it comes to computing,
> Mac OSX is a transcendent experience. If you can't
> have this sublimity at work, at least have it at home.
>
> Joe Schallan
> Phoenix
>
>
>
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