On 11/22/12 3:13 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:34:13PM -0500, Peter Davis wrote:
On 11/20/12 3:18 PM, Rado Q wrote:
Software can't do magic, or make up for human failures. Sometimes
the responsibility is with the user, not the code.
Nope. Totally wrong. The responsibility is entire with the design
and the code, and never with the user. Otherwise it's a failed
product.
You're absolutely right...as soon as they make programmers capable of
predicting every mistake an end user will make...or the depth of every
end user's laziness and/or stupidity. Good luck!
Apparently you're unaware of the last 30 or 40 years of human factors
and usability research, or the fact that other people are using
computers besides a bunch of ivory tower geeks who think users will
follow whatever strictures and protocols they decide to impose.
Good luck with that!
-pd
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Peter Davis
The Tech Curmudgeon
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