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From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

You're not with the program, dude. This is an improvement to the 99% of
population who are stupid retarded imbesill idiots without a clue and, to top
it of, basically just don't get it. Pointless animations, wasted screen estate
and forced animations without added content are the way of the future. Dude.
Don'cha know?


Antti Kurenniemi
(I loathe, hate and dislike all that too)

"John Beckett"  wrote in message
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> Sorry I haven't been able to join in the moaning about Vista (I haven't
> tried it), so I thought I would whinge about something else that's really
> been bugging me for a while.
>
> While cleaning up, I found I had a "Microsoft Encarta 97 World
Atlas" CD
> that I had never used. Nervously, I installed it. Excellent product.
>
> However, there are some rough bits in Encarta 97 atlas, so I thought I
> would buy the current Encarta 2006. OMFG!
>
> Area occupied by Encarta 97 atlas: 93% of screen
> Area occupied by Encarta 2006 atlas: 58% (42% for GUI!)
>
> The designers have really gone mad on Encarta 2006. When looking at the
> atlas, instead of a simple menu that anyone can understand, there are
> stupidly large icons to change the type of map. It takes SEVENTEEN clicks
> to scroll through the list of icons!
>
> I suppose that some people (babies? idiots?) find the icons more
> attractive, but they are so painful to use that you've forgotten what you
> were trying to do by the time you work out what icon you want.
>
> I have realised by now that Encarta is intended for kids. Take the "Visual
> Browser" for example. When you look at an article, there is a REALLY
> STUPID animation on the screen with zero content. If you give in and click
> "take the tour" it shows a very attractive whirling ring of
icons. It's
> very clever, and my heart bleeds when I think of the programming effort
> required to produce this nonsense.
>
> Anyway, my nomination for the 2006 GUI Madness award is Encarta 2006.
>
> BTW I use Google Earth and Google Maps and Wikipedia - they're great.
>
> John
>

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