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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:55:07 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: button challenged

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> >I've never heard of . . .
>
> Google is your friend.

The *clock* isn't my friend either. There's another button I need --
"Stop Everybody Else Until You Catch Up".

> >reduces support costs?
>
> Perhaps, although I tend to attribute it more to the
> need to apply defect fixes as opposed to upgrades.

Yeah. Stops all the tech support calls for the bugs which are now
fixed. Did you read that Windows has yet another security bug
(apparently another buffer overflow)? Forget the button -- "some"
software should check for hourly fixes.

> >So what _else_ is the newer software doing
>
> All sorts of things - tighter integration to the OS and other
> apps, more complex graphical user interfaces, attempts
> at wizards and assistants to handle the complexity.

1) "tighter integration to the OS and other apps" -- does that mean that
some recurring functionalities are being moved to the OS? does that mean
that apps are publishing their handshakes/semaphores/channels so other
app developers can "talk" to them? Or am I misconstruing your words?

2) "more complex graphical user interfaces" -- yuck.

3) "attempts at wizards and assistants to handle the complexity" -- now
we're talking. Sounds like one approach to my Ouch button. :)

- Peter

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