Aug 01 2008
It took some time but Bill finally got it
You might have read the email that Bill Gates send to his employees. It shows that Bill Gates finally understands why people are not particulary fond about the usability of windows. Everyone knows the dialogboxes that continuously ask if you really want to do this or that. “Didn’t I just told so by clicking on it, do you think I am stupid?”
In the email Bill put his experience in trying to download and install Windows movie maker on paper. He describes how the search engine on the website cannot find the query moviemaker, it has to be movie maker an engineer explains! Also he describes how he has to fill in a form that clears all the contents when there was an error. This goes on and on and we never get to know if he managed to install the program. Guess what that means for all users who are not into computers? Honestly, you could write such experiences for most of the windows applications / services. [Continue reading...]
