Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> So can everybody use an ATM because it only performs a very simple task? 
> Or because the people who make them spend a fortune on usability 
> testing? Or something else? Logically, there's got to be a reason.

Some of each. The simpler and more focused the task, the easier it is to 
design something that is easy to use. Especially when you throw sufficient 
UI at it. The "flashing 12:00" problem is that manufacturers didn't want to 
add extra buttons and displays to the box. Once people had a 40-button 
remote control and a genlock in the VCR, that stopped being a problem.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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