Peter, I find it worth my while to spend the time and get to know the marvels of modern engineering that I live with - be it a cell phone or any other thing for that matter. Having said that, I do admit that if I have to switch from one appliance to another, say the same cell phone - I always feel great deal of hesitation, because I get so used to the way I configure and set it up so each such change makes me feel reluctant to upgrade.
You mileage is of course different. On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 7:34 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, but it's annoying when something you've used literally for years starts > working differently. > > I was just forced by circumstance to get a smart phone. I've only had it > for about a month and already an update removed an "unimportant" feature > that I'd found to be amazingly convenient in one of it's core apps. I > actually sent in a complaint and was informed by the development team that > no one else complained. > > This kind of crap is something I'd have been embarrassed by when I was > writing "shrink wrapped" code. > > On 2/26/2017 11:34 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> Peter, this attachment things exists like forever... It saved my arse few >> times. Though if course I manage to forget to attach the attachment >> anyway. >> >> Speaking of UX in general, it's mostly improving with some occasional >> hiccups... >> >> Just my cents... >> >> On 26 Feb 2017 16:45, "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So I've been using Firefox for years as my email client, and suddenly an >>> annoyance from the past returned. >>> >>> The attachment reminder. Use a word that includes the string "attach" >>> and >>> Firefox used to annoyingly ask if you forgot to attach something. >>> >>> Back then it wasn't that easy to turn off, but I figured out how to do >>> it. >>> >>> Now, it has come back, with the most recent update. At least turning it >>> off was easy this time. >>> >>> But, does anyone else just want to say, please don't improve my >>> experience >>> any more. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
