> I'm not saying don't be user friendly, that's fine and helpful, but
> some people push things so far that they expect to eventually wind up
> with a 1 key keyboard that says "Do my stuff".
>
> As an example, I used my time modem to login to the internet2 in 2022
> and pulled this review from cdweggbuy (yes, that's a URL because
> people thought it was ok to remove gTLDs and also got rid of that pesky
> http://) for a VeriLogiSoft Computer Interface device.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Pros: Shiny.
>
> Cons: Has too many buttons and you have to press them.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How did they write the review? Sometimes people go too far in the
> name of ease of use and forget that we have brains.
>
>
And in that thread of usability-versus-users:
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/001588.html
-Linus (the famous "switch to KDE" post)
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/001592.html
-Linus
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/001593.html
-Linus
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/001596.html
-Tim Witham
-Barry
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