On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick Schummer wrote: >> >> I think one of my clients put it best: Things are different. To succeed with >> this OS you have to go >> with the new flow and not fight the OS and try to make it work like Windows >> XP. Yeah, a little Zen, >> but he is right. The different layout is painful at first, but like anything >> even monkeys can be >> trained to do things differently. >> > Your client forgot an important question, one of sound solid business > sense. What do I win with this change? What is the benefit to me, the > user, when they change menus I'm used to? What is the benefit to me, the > user, from having to change to new hardware (I mean, after all it is > giving me no more speed or anything) and having to climb that learning > curve? > If the answer to this is "to get some eye candy" or "so that m$ can make > an extra buck", the you can imagine what would a "sound solid business > decision" be. ---------------------------------
Sorry but that is a load of crap. Design and human emotion is always changing. From homes, to automobiles visual design is always in flux so what was good then is now old today. Changing the layouts of the interfaces was a RPITA but you get over it, much like you get a new vehicle and the wipers are not in the same place. We learn and move on. I found vista much better in wireless networks then XP. Copy and paste never seemed longer on this machine than a previous notebook. I thought that this one was better running vista but associated to a faster disk toady. I see by the way a few people here respond that they don't get Web2.0 and what it brings to the table for users and owners. There is a lot going on but if your are comfortable with the same old stuff and find the new stuff distasteful because it is different, any change for you is bad. That or we are all getting older and turning into our parents. :) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://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.
