<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>are you referring to the tendency for developers to make "helpful" software?</DIV><DIV>the iApps can be like this some times..everything is SO set up and ready for you to just go that it gets in the way, IMO.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>those apps of yore we're talking about just seemed so free of crud. yes, you do have to use your noodle, but when I first jumped on a mac, I didn't look at manuals or help files much at all until I began using more pro-level apps.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 8, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">Simple (to use) is hard isn't it. I've found simpler for the end user</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">requires a lot more engineering and forethought. But for the people I have</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">to help on a daily basis no matter how "simple" something is they can't</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">figure it out. Some quote I read regarding software design said that not</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">matter how idiot proof software becomes the universe just produces better</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">idiots.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>