Re: Upgrading to an IntelMac- a surprise.

Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:29:16 +0100, usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Woody)
wrote:

I would call it broken by design. Or at least a design that is
clearly
not going to work for many people.

A design where you have to learn a special technique to avoid doing
something that you can do on every other mouse is not a great design.

Disagree - for many people it's not a special technique, just business
as usual. I present me, my ladyfriend, my mum, and my brother in law
as evidence.

This sounds very much like the iPhone 4's antenna issue. For many
(most?) it *can* be triggered deliberately but during normal use it's
business as usual. For those that habitually hold/use their mouse/phone
a certain way, the gadget simply feels broken by design.

It seems both camps often struggle to see each other's viewpoint as
valid, whether it's about a phone, a mouse, or something else (I don't
mean here, but in the wider world).

-z-



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