This reminds me of an old truism

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by ben_tilly

3/28/05 7:18:03 PM

This reminds me of an old truism

When programmers design something to be used by people less intelligent than themselves, what they come up with tends to suck. Badly.

When they explicitly design it for smart people there is at least a chance of creating something decent.

Cheers,
Ben

I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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Er. WTF /is/ that thing? -NT - (pwhysall) - March 27, 2005, 08:58:03 AM EST

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Exsqueeze me? Yeah, I am right. - (imric) - (15) - March 28, 2005, 05:26:26 PM EST

Re: Exsqueeze me? Yeah, I am right. - (pwhysall) - (13) - March 28, 2005, 05:39:58 PM EST

I am right. - (imric) - (12) - March 28, 2005, 07:00:41 PM EST

This reminds me of an old truism - (ben_tilly) - March 28, 2005, 07:18:03 PM EST

I have a question. - (ubernostrum) - (10) - March 28, 2005, 07:43:12 PM EST

I have a question, too - (imric) - (9) - March 28, 2005, 07:49:27 PM EST

Um. - (ubernostrum) - (8) - March 28, 2005, 08:54:58 PM EST

heheh. OK - never used it until firefox. - (imric) - (5) - March 28, 2005, 09:00:59 PM EST

But it does. - (ubernostrum) - (4) - March 28, 2005, 11:36:40 PM EST

What configuration options did they strip out? -NT - (imric) - (3) - March 29, 2005, 06:41:53 AM EST

Who are you talking about? - (ubernostrum) - (2) - March 29, 2005, 07:14:13 AM EST

You. - (imric) - (1) - March 29, 2005, 07:33:41 AM EST

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Data point - (dws) - (1) - March 28, 2005, 10:53:32 PM EST

! - (ben_tilly) - March 29, 2005, 11:49:04 AM EST

To play off an old joke... - (ubernostrum) - March 28, 2005, 05:55:22 PM EST

point on one of your points - (boxley) - March 28, 2005, 07:34:33 PM EST

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