Jeff....

I don't disagree with the notion that consistency -- as a _default_ -- is
appropriate. But I also think that there are more users out there than we
probably think who want to make minor (or major) tweaks to their environments
to get them to behave the way they think about things.

So I'm not suggesting unboxed anarchy, just a modifiable standard.

--- Jeff Szuhay <jeff at szuhay.org> wrote:
> > We have, I think, become stuck in the notion that
> >users need predictability across machines and even 
> >across operating systems to some degree, yet how 
> >many people do you know who run more than one 
> >machine or, at most, two different machines (one at 
> >work and one at home)? Vanishingly few.
> 
> Hmm. lessee... Powerbook (Pismo)  (everywhere), G3/300 at
> work, 7500 at home (as well as my wife and daughter's 
> machines and an extra "demo" powerbook (lombard)).
> 
> It is very confusing and annoying to me when these
> machines are not configured similarly (as in "where
> did I save that file?"), not to mention to overhead of 
> maintaining them (consistency helps here).
> 
> I also run Virtual PC on a few of them and I like to 
> keep those systems in step, as well.
> 
> And these are all Macs. 
> 
> Most of the people I know who have one Mac also
> have two or three others.
> 
> Predictability and consistency are _very_ important
> for the overall computing experience. Which is why
> I always told programmers I've trained that consistency
> even at a low level (cruddy GUI) is far preferable to 
> spotty excellence (engendering inconsistency).
> 
> Call me a "small mind" but consistency across machines
> lets me focus on the things I want and helps me be more
> productive.
> 
> Jeff 8-)
> 
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