AW: 3 button mice with Macs.

Tiemo Hollmann TB toolbook at kestner.de
Mon Apr 30 14:13:39 EDT 2007


Ok Richmond, I will take care about people like you :)
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Richmond Mathewson
> Gesendet: Montag, 30. April 2007 17:39
> An: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Betreff: 3 button mice with Macs.
> 
> Phil Jimmieson's recipe works with my unrecognised
> Logitech mouse!
> 
> Frankly, I know that Richard Gaskin always has his
> peripherals set up perfectly: HOWEVER, Tiemo, when you
> are designing your software you should be designing it
> for people like me (i.e. those who are so slow they
> have badly configured mice) rather than people like
> Richard Gaskin.
> 
> This reminds me of a conversation I had when designing
> some software in Scotland about 5 years ago:
> 
> [boring story starting]
> 
> The program needed Quicktime to be installed for it to
> work: whether on Mac or Win.
> 
> My employer said "Oh, surely, every person who
> administers High School computer labs in Scotland [
> our target market ] has QT installed."
> 
> So, I had a rip-roaring fight with that chap as to why
> I should "waste" a day's work bunging QT detection
> routines into the program and explanatiry screens
> telling end users how to obtain and install QT if they
> did not have it installed.
> 
> The product went out: I phoned every single buyer,
> and, surprise, surprise, about 75% had not had QT
> installed.
> 
> Work on the basis that all end users are a "bit like
> that".
> 
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
> 
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