Author: Tony Werten
Date: 03:33:02 04/07/04
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On April 07, 2004 at 05:03:47, Sune Fischer wrote: >On April 07, 2004 at 02:34:57, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On April 06, 2004 at 17:07:42, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>>>Editing one line in the winboard ini-file is not rocket science, not even for >>>>>techno-phobes I think. >>>> >>>>It's just something 99.9% of the customers is not capable of doing. >>> >>>You're just making up numbers, the number is distorted because you never hear >>>complaints from those who succeed. >>> >>>>First of all they have *no clue* that they must modify it. >>> >>>It is possible they have no clue, but then they won't have much use for a chess >>>engine either. It goes hand in hand at some level. >>> >>>>>Arena can scan your harddrive for available engines, so all you have to do is >>>>>download them and unzip them. >>>> >>>>You still must find that button to do it and know it has that capability or it >>>>won't succeed. >>> >>>Of course, and if they can't they have much bigger problems anyway, like how to >>>find the "power on" switch :) >>> >>>Seriously. >>>You are expecting programmers to design software for users >>>*) who are scared of techno, >>>*) who can't install from a CD, >>>*) who doesn't know what a file is, >>>*) who can't browse a menu and >>>*) who can't push buttons. >>> >>>Good luck writing software to these people, I give up on those. >> >>Unfortunately, not everybody can :( >> >>In addition, the software has to be idiotproof as well ie handle wrong input at >>the right places and right input at the wrong places. >> >>You'll be surprised how many people manage to enter a name on a field asking for >>a phone number. >> >>When writing software for a company, I always have to take into account that >>there are a even a few people that have trouble finding the power button. > >Hi Tony, > >I appreciate you answer but mentally I'm already starting to put this thread >behind me. > >At this point I think I can only repeat my previous arguments, such as: > >Yes stupid people are out there in plentyfold, but what they need is not a good >chess program, what they need is to learn the basics. > >Say I give Shredder to my 80 year old grand dad, he doesn't know how where to >find the power on botton, he doesn't know how to put the CD in the drive, he >doesn't know what windows is or what a mouse is. > >Surely no one can blame Shredder for being a bad program when I the next day >tell you he wasn't able to install it on his own. > >You _must_ learn to walk before you can run. I agree. Unfortunately there seems to be a big difference in how it is and how it should be. Or rather: how one would logicly expect it to be. Tony ( who is taking driving lessons, although I'm pretty sure driving a car is quite simple compared to operating a computer, yet when I suggested a "computer liscense or else use pen and paper" at work, it was rejected) > >:) > >-S.
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