On Friday 18 October 2002 13:51, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
I see your point. But feel that the problem is not
that it is too
difficult or ugly for the majority of people but that we have not
done a good enough job of showing how worthwhile it is to spend long
hours on figuring out how to get the stuff working.
People want it simple - they want to buy it in a box and for it to work
and then probably to discard it or forget about it. Anything above that
is pure geekiness. This isn't to say there's not a place for geekiness
- it's just that most people don't want it.
Steve's mention of Carillon seemed pretty much on the money.
B