nemesis wrote:
> use patterns of 14 millions users... and somehow got something completely
> different and awkward for someone used to the old way...

Yet everything I've heard, people like it much better after actually using 
it for a day.

My favorite quote was when the lead designer of the new interface was 
showing it to his wife, and she complained "Why is <whatever> under the view 
tab? That makes no sense." And he answered "Because that's where 97.3% of 
everyone looks for it first." :-)

> That's why I prefer vi and emacs:  solid, well-grounded 30+ years interface
> design... ;)

Yup. I haven't had to retrain my fingers for vi in forever. :-) I used emacs 
for a couple years when I was using a language that had much better 
indenting support under emacs than under vi, and I never did learn to like 
it. But to each his own, of course.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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