Comments on: Erosion http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/ a blog about user experience design Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:46:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: tdhurst http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-685 tdhurst Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:45:09 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-685 I had a Commodore 64, then my dad bought a Sir Speedy in 1986 and it ran all Macs. I've never owned a PC and the only ones we've ever had in our house were work-issued laptops for my parents.<br><br>Apple is a better experience and anyone who says differently is flat out wrong. I had a Commodore 64, then my dad bought a Sir Speedy in 1986 and it ran all Macs. I've never owned a PC and the only ones we've ever had in our house were work-issued laptops for my parents.

Apple is a better experience and anyone who says differently is flat out wrong.

]]> By: tdhurst http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-719 tdhurst Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:45:09 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-719 I had a Commodore 64, then my dad bought a Sir Speedy in 1986 and it ran all Macs. I've never owned a PC and the only ones we've ever had in our house were work-issued laptops for my parents.<br><br>Apple is a better experience and anyone who says differently is flat out wrong. I had a Commodore 64, then my dad bought a Sir Speedy in 1986 and it ran all Macs. I've never owned a PC and the only ones we've ever had in our house were work-issued laptops for my parents.

Apple is a better experience and anyone who says differently is flat out wrong.

]]> By: Alexander Davidson http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-684 Alexander Davidson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:15:55 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-684 Good point. Devs tend to avoid thinking about virusscan and malware apps (unless they're providing tech support.)<br><br>Plus there is the whole bloatware issue - both pre-installed and driver packaged. That shit bothers everyone. Good point. Devs tend to avoid thinking about virusscan and malware apps (unless they're providing tech support.)

Plus there is the whole bloatware issue – both pre-installed and driver packaged. That shit bothers everyone.

]]> By: Alexander Davidson http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-717 Alexander Davidson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:15:55 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-717 Good point. Devs tend to avoid thinking about virusscan and malware apps (unless they're providing tech support.)<br><br>Plus there is the whole bloatware issue - both pre-installed and driver packaged. That shit bothers everyone. Good point. Devs tend to avoid thinking about virusscan and malware apps (unless they're providing tech support.)

Plus there is the whole bloatware issue – both pre-installed and driver packaged. That shit bothers everyone.

]]> By: Nathan Bowers http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-683 Nathan Bowers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:34:59 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-683 Regular users were burned by security and other issues too, more on that later.<br><br>Note that techies advise and do tech support for their friends and families. Important to keep them happy. Regular users were burned by security and other issues too, more on that later.

Note that techies advise and do tech support for their friends and families. Important to keep them happy.

]]> By: Nathan Bowers http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-716 Nathan Bowers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:34:59 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-716 Regular users were burned by security and other issues too, more on that later.<br><br>Note that techies advise and do tech support for their friends and families. Important to keep them happy. Regular users were burned by security and other issues too, more on that later.

Note that techies advise and do tech support for their friends and families. Important to keep them happy.

]]> By: afurth http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-682 afurth Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:19 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-682 @Alexander<br><br>I'm not a developer, and definitely not an IT pro. But I felt the erosion in the bones, and switched too :) @Alexander

I'm not a developer, and definitely not an IT pro. But I felt the erosion in the bones, and switched too :)

]]> By: afurth http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-718 afurth Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:19 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-718 @Alexander<br><br>I'm not a developer, and definitely not an IT pro. But I felt the erosion in the bones, and switched too :) @Alexander

I'm not a developer, and definitely not an IT pro. But I felt the erosion in the bones, and switched too :)

]]> By: Alexander Davidson http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-681 Alexander Davidson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:21:52 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-681 I feel the same way. But don't you think this attitude is more common among developers and IT pros -- ones who really saw and could understand the details of the erosion? I feel the same way. But don't you think this attitude is more common among developers and IT pros — ones who really saw and could understand the details of the erosion?

]]> By: Alexander Davidson http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-715 Alexander Davidson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:21:52 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-715 I feel the same way. But don't you think this attitude is more common among developers and IT pros -- ones who really saw and could understand the details of the erosion? I feel the same way. But don't you think this attitude is more common among developers and IT pros — ones who really saw and could understand the details of the erosion?

]]> By: ballance http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-680 ballance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:33:02 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-680 Wing Commander from a DOS prompt FTW! Wing Commander from a DOS prompt FTW!

]]> By: ballance http://uxhero.com/ux-theory/erosion/#comment-714 ballance Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:33:02 +0000 http://uxhero.com/?p=2183#comment-714 Wing Commander from a DOS prompt FTW! Wing Commander from a DOS prompt FTW!

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