Ease of Use (Was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 7 11:51:22 2002

GAWD! ... doesn't anybody use a spell-checker anymore?

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Ease of Use (Was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor)


> "Douglas H. Quebbeman" wrote:
>
> > But I'm a geek. At what cost have we dumbed-down the computer
> > so that nearly anyone can use it? And are you aware that in
> > the minds of marketing people, the market is *far* from
> > saturated, as there are still lots of people who never use
> > them and don't have them. So you can expect another order of
> > magnitude of dumbing-down...
>
> It is not hiding information that is the problem, it is
> locking the knowlage it in a safe, throwing away the key
> and dumping in the sea.
>
>
> --
> Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
> www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
>
>
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 11:51:22 BST