(rant) why microsoft is not easy to use

Jason Symes jsymes at netins.net
Sun Sep 15 04:48:37 EDT 2002


I see someone else is taking issue with my corrected goof. Let me state
this again, at times windows is the most frustrating, difficult thing on
this planet, what I meant was its simple to sighted people because they
don't know any better. Its social inertia, they don't want to use something
new because they don't want to take the time to learn something new.
At 06:13 PM 9/15/02 +1000, you wrote:
>
>*SNIP*
>This from the guy who says Windows is superior because it's so easy?
>yeah. that's it, you go girl!
>easy my ass. If you're sighted just point and click. yeah right.
>for us, press this plus that plus the other and play twister just to get
>to a dialog and swear at it cause they moron that coded it used non
>standard controls.
>yeah. real easy.
>
>-- 
>Shaun Oliver
>
>
>In a world without fences
>          and walls who needs Windows and Gates?
>
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Jason Symes
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