Brave New World (was Re: Apple Safari 6.1 issues warning)

[Peter M. Brigham]

On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:43 AM, FlexibleLearning.com wrote:

> On 09/07/2013 11:23 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
>> <snip>
>> 
>> Safari 6.1 shows us what's in our Mavericks future: More controlling and
>> more UI changes that annoy.
>> 
>> <snip>
> 
> Richmond replied:
> 
>> Windows, Apple, and even the Ubuntu people are doing this.
>> 
>> I believe that IF people voted "with their feet" and moved over to Linux
>> and other alternatives en masse this would bring pressure to bear on
>> Microsoft, Apple and Canonical to stop shoving their rigid vision of the
>> future down our throats and do some customer research.
>> 
>> Richmond.
> 
> C'mon guys... Get with the program... This is all part of 'smarter, faster,
> simpler' for the new generation. Remember, we are now OLD. On-demand
> single-purpose apps, pre-defined choices with specific action support only,
> clean and obvious interactivity... i.e. dumbed down, we-know-best,
> restricted access, interface controlled usage for the new generation who
> live on-line, are time-challenged and whose definition of social interaction
> is Facebook and Twitter. It's the future of a brave new world, albeit based
> on research of under-30's Silicon Valley focus-groups.
> 
> Actually, you can keep it.
> 
> (grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter)
> 
> Hugh Senior
> FLCo

What's the younger generation coming to, anyway? Why, I still remember when there was no electricity and we had to watch TV by candlelight….

-- Peter

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