Comments on: Fellow geeks: it is time to let go http://mrblog.org/2003/09/22/fellow-geeks-it-is-time-to-let-go/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Wed, 16 May 2012 18:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MrBlog http://mrblog.org/2003/09/22/fellow-geeks-it-is-time-to-let-go/comment-page-1/#comment-157 MrBlog Wed, 08 Oct 2003 00:34:10 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=70#comment-157 I agree. And I would add that it is not just users like us, but the press as well.<br /> <br /> We bias toward the complex. We have to start reversing that view, and begin to favor simplicity, ease of use, and reliability. I agree. And I would add that it is not just users like us, but the press as well.

We bias toward the complex. We have to start reversing that view, and begin to favor simplicity, ease of use, and reliability.

]]> By: AlexSchroeder http://mrblog.org/2003/09/22/fellow-geeks-it-is-time-to-let-go/comment-page-1/#comment-156 AlexSchroeder Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:41:10 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=70#comment-156 Sometimes I feel like we're inflicting this upon ourselves. How many times have you chosen the "lesser" product. The mail client that did not do MIME. The addressbook that is not part of mail client. How many times did you sit down and write a letter using notepad or vi? (Without running it through a program after that, of course!)<br /> <br /> And since you never did, and since I never did, we recommend and install software for our mums and dads, girlfriends and non-geeks which we use ourself. Emacs, and Word, and Outlook, and the BBDB, and whatnot.<br /> <br /> We are destroying the business case for simple software while we are bemoaning the spread of complex software. Sometimes I feel like we’re inflicting this upon ourselves. How many times have you chosen the "lesser" product. The mail client that did not do MIME. The addressbook that is not part of mail client. How many times did you sit down and write a letter using notepad or vi? (Without running it through a program after that, of course!)

And since you never did, and since I never did, we recommend and install software for our mums and dads, girlfriends and non-geeks which we use ourself. Emacs, and Word, and Outlook, and the BBDB, and whatnot.

We are destroying the business case for simple software while we are bemoaning the spread of complex software.

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