[maemo-users] Another annoyance: bluetooth icon disappears

From: Mark wolfmane at gmail.com
Date: Fri Sep 26 20:39:00 EEST 2008
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:55:38AM -0600, Mark wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
>>
>> >> What's wrong with letting the user decide whether the status
>> >> bar is too cluttered or not?
>> >
>> > Simplicity is good.  Too many choices are overwhelming.  What's wrong
>> > with letting the user decide whether he wants so read my MAKE MONEY FAST
>> > email or not?
>> >
>> > Marius Gedminas
>>
>> That's called a "straw man analogy", so I'm not going to dignify it
>> with a response...
>
> You just did.  :-)
>

No, I didn't. I responded to you, not the remark.

> I'm not saying that I agree with Nokia's designers about this particular
> issue; I'm saying that I can understand their reasoning.
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> 31337 is a prime number, go figure...
>

I'm glad someone can. I for one can't understand why they consistently
make decisions that undermine the usefulness and usability of their
products. It certainly isn't good business practice.

Mark

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