On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com>wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:40:12 +0530 mac_v <drkv...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ... > >It is accepted that the icon is NOT very useful and also ignored > ... > > I have to disagree. This has been repeatedly asserted, but I don't recall > any actual studies that support this. > > This change has been overwhelmingly negatively received by all classes of > user. > > My own view is that the old method was quite reasonably discoverable for > users that cared about updates and that being more obvious isn't going to > cause signficant numbers of users that don't care to suddenly start doing > so. I think mostly this change is annoying both groups. > > I believe the current efforts try to solve the wrong problem. I think it > would be a better use of this mental energy trying to figure out how to get > more users to care about updates. > > I've been stunned to be talking to people who said they didn't care if > their computers were part of a botnet because they didn't keep any private > information on their computers. Trying to find a way to be sufficiently > obtrusive to make users care about something they don't really care about > isn't, in my opinion, a recipe for success. What about trying to educate people about other reasons to install updates. For example, it's worth pointing out that updates often contain bug fixes. Natan
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