7 May
2002
7 May
'02
4:51 a.m.
GAWD! ... doesn't anybody use a spell-checker anymore?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)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