[OT] How long before..

[Thomas McGrath III]

Sorry for that long email. I didn't really think it was till i just saw it now. Wow….


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On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> And don't we all at some point think "We know best". The problem is there are many many people that think they know best in direct conflict with those of us that actually do. ;-)

> Just my experience and nothing more.
> 
> 
> -- Tom McGrath III
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> 
> On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
> 
>> I think your summary hits the nail on the head.  "They think they know best."
>> 
>> We are living in times where there is a common thinking that life--at both societal and individual levels--should be engineered by experts.  
>> 
>> I don't want to get caught up in that.  When I reflect on my own designs I hope they result in good guidance and simplicity but include a richness that allows a market place of styles.  Do my designs reflect caring, respect, and humility?  I'm pretty weird when it comes to the right way to do things and I don't want that to become preachy.  
>> 
>> Dar
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>> 
>>> I like this thread (and will try to keep opinions short...).
>>> 
>>> IMO, long term, I don't think the OS developers care about legacy/power
>>> users -- as you say, they think they know best. 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Recently, Chipp Walters wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I was talking with Chris about this base on:
>>>> 
>>>> 1) Mountain Lion now tries to do automatic tasks, like download stuff when
>>>> the lid is closed and you're on battery power, thus killing your battery
>>>> without you knowing. And now with Gatekeeper complaining about anything you
>>>> try and install-- and wt–, iCloud is just amazingly bad. Docs in iCloud now
>>>> automatically 'sync' but if you open a Mac doc created on on an iPad, it
>>>> will lose formatting, then SYNC, and kill all the formatting from the
>>>> original-- and amazingly there's no cloud backup (like DropBox does). And
>>>> nope, there's still no "Save As.." because Apple believes they know better
>>>> than us when to invoke that command. All in all-- stuff to be wary of.
>>>> 
>>>> 2) Win 8 is having similar huge issues. They're trying to 'out think' the
>>>> users creating all sorts of problems. Reviews for Windows 8 seems to be
>>>> more bad than good.
>>>> 
>>>> 3) We're starting to 'remember' the 'last great version' of programs like
>>>> Photoshop, etc..
>>>> 
>>>> So, I'm wondering... how long before we quit upgrading everything and start
>>>> sticking to a single legacy OS and/or programs? For instance, even though I
>>>> own the latest version of Flash, I still enjoy using Flash 5 for
>>>> diagramming, wireframing and creating 'blueprint roadmaps.' At what point
>>>> do the OS'es get so much in the users way that they're no longer good for
>>>> us legacy power users?
>>>> 
>>>> Just wondering... not predicting.. yet.
>>> 
>>> 
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