+1 John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631
> > > >> Tying it back to us, a better OS or DBMS is a good thing. > >> But new isn't always better, and if there's a three-month learning > >> curve every couple years to get back to providing the same services > >> we provide, that's not a good thing. > >> > >> ---------------- > >> > > So advancements are only good if nothing really changes? It is only > > good if it was just like the last one? > > If you give me the same functionality then let me handle it in the same way. > Is it too hard to understand that? If you give me extra functionality then, if it > is worth my time, I'll learn how to operate it. But it should be MY, the user's, > option to do so. > You can't tell me your user interfaces are so shitty that you MUST change > them RADICALLY every couple of years. If this is so, just fire the people that > are designing them, they are not doing their job. That is, if their job is to > provide a USEFUL (to the user) service > > > I tend to not put the demands on my train ability as another products > > value. I try to let that product stand on it's own and judge it that way. > > Many times designers know a lot more about functionality and usage > > than us ordinary folk. I attempt to grasp their intent instead of > > fight it because my rote memory and reflexes no longer fit the item at > hand. > > > > Do you folks have a hard time when you rent a car because stuff is > > laid out differently? > > > > You mean the gas and brake pedals are inverted or actioned in a different > way every two years? > Or the radio controls are not between the driver and the navigator? Or the > driver is facing aft? Or they changed the colour code of the car's lights? > Shit! I must be getting old! Never noticed they changed that. > > I bet they also change the colour code of electrical wiring every couple of > years. Or the measures system (sure, you've adopted the metric system so > fast and easy). I bet all technical industry standards change every couple of > years. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
