[mythtv-users] Why Free Software has poor usability ?

[Jon Bishop]

On Aug 5, 2008, at 4:17 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> * Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> [2008 Aug 04 12:29 -0500]:
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Russ Dill <russ.dill at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Param Singh  
>>> <mithu.singh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Interesting article :: Why Free Software has poor usability, and  
>>>> how
>>>> to improve it
>>>> ============================================================
>>>> Link :: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software- 
>>>> usability
>>>> ============================================================
>>>>
>>>> Major Points in the article
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have you never worked on commercial software? I think all of these
>>> could apply to any commercial software I worked on, plus more.
>>>
>>
>> Amen to that.  Anyone who gripes about "usability" specifically in
>> regard to free software has obviously never had to use Lotus
>> Notes...:D (anyone who has just got a cold chill...).
>
> Hear!  Hear!  For as many iterations as my company has out us through
> with Notes, it just doesn't seem to improve.  Oh, some bits get more
> shiny, but it's fiercely beholden to the idea of top posting.  A real
> joy is getting a message that has been forwarded several times where
> each forwarder has added their comments at the top.  I've gotten used
> to going to the bottom and rtying to read the things from the bottom
> up.  I think it's the ultimate PHB program designed by PHBs as each  
> PHB
> adds their comment at the top trumping all others before.
>

Yea! My company was bought by another company that uses Notes.They  
migrated us off of Exchange server and outlook about 6 years ago, and  
still to this day everybody gripes about it. Of course, the people  
making decisions in KC seem to be a bit retarded when it comes to  
software usability. ActiveX driven ticketing programs that connect to  
databases 1500 miles away...