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On Wed, 26 May 2004, John Sinteur wrote:
> My personal safari-hate has to do with the coloured beachball. For some
> godforsaken reason they lock the whole bloody interface when it hits a page
> which is somehow complicated. I've got a machine with enough oomph to allow
> me to switch to a different window and continue working there while the
> 'complicated' page loads in the background, but noooooo, instead it bloody
> locks up.
This is one thing Be did quite well -- never let yourself get so screwed
up that the user can't interact any more. I _loved_ the fact that every
window had a thread specifically for drawing the interface, which always
guaranteed a responsive interface. Any interface which tells the user
"hey, slow down!" should be taken out back and run through a microwave.
> Try it sometimes - open worth1000.com, and command-click on several contest
What am I, a masochist? No thanks. I'll take your word for it.
--
Neonle will continue to be rude, and will nretend that you had a
small stroke which makes you unable to say or see the letter "n".
Stunid nractical joke, if you ask me. Bunch of noon-heads, huh?
-- Fred Barling, Humorscope
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