3 Aug
2006
3 Aug
'06
11:44 a.m.
> OK, I'm sitting here staring at a GUI that
has faded menu bars. Now I
> don't *need* those - I'm not going to suddenly find it hard to use an
> application if that effect were to disappear. Yet someone's decided to
> code them in anyway, increasing disk footprint, memory footprint, and
> display redraw time unnecessarily.
This is my personal pet peave with "modern" GUI design. I don't want this
wasting my resources, it really should be optional.
Yup. Like constantly telling me I misspelled
something instead
of letting me ASK you if I've misspelled anything (or, compromise,
*remind* me to ask you...)
I've got to disagree with you on this one. Done correctly, this is the
single greatest computer innovation of the 21st Century! It is the one
thing that I really miss when I don't have it. I like it when I get the
squigly line under a word I've misspelled and can right-click to bring up a
list of possible correct spellings. More importantly, it has definitely
helped to improve my spelling.
How many people TODAY look at images of crumpled paper
flying
into a wastebasket and go "Ooooo.... Ahhhhh...."?
This has always irritated me.
Zane