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On 5/3/05, Earle Martin <hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 > "Updating your computer is almost complete. Your computer needs to be > restarted for the updates to take effect. Windows will restart your compu= ter > automatically in 5:00 minutes." >=20 > The time figure was counting down, and a progress bar was creeping up to > complete. Underneath it asked, "Do you want to restart your computer now?= " > And offered two buttons, "Restart Now" and "Restart Later". So far so muc= h > the situation you describe. Only in my case, the "Restart Later" button w= as > grayed out! So I had no choice but to drag the damn thing to the edge of = the > screen - because it insisted on staying in front - and hurriedly closing > down all the stuff I was using. Thank fuck I do just about everything in = a > remote screen session. Wow. That's just astonishingly evil. I should count myself lucky that I my user account has Administrator rights so I never get trapped in *quite* such hell. There's a favourite bit in "About Face - Essentials of User Interface Design" by Alan Cooper (UI god, ex-Microsoft) where he describes how most novice users see dailog boxes: ---------------------- | | | Format hard drive? | | | | [ Now ] [ Later ] | | | ---------------------- ... and those bastards in Redmond ACTUALLY WENT AND IMPLEMENTED IT! -- YozThere's stuff above here
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