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06-26-2008, 01:34 PM
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06-26-2008, 01:49 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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Seriously, every cell phone I've had so far (1 Nokia and 2 Motorolas) was set up out of the box so that if you pushed the menu button at the main screen, your phone list came up. I can't imagine that yours doesn't have something like that. What model phone do you have?
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06-26-2008, 01:59 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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Actually, I think that can be extended into a general rule. Anything with more than two buttons has underlying complexity and will require a manual.
Things that have more than two buttons that you think are intuitive are only easy for you because you have experience with some similar metaphor previously.
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06-26-2008, 10:21 AM
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hmm. On my little pre-paid Virgin Mobile phone; It takes only one click to get to my contact list; (plus clicks to scroll to select the person if not at the top); then one click to dial. Seems pretty easy to me.
But that's about the only thing on the phone that seems easy.
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06-26-2008, 10:24 AM
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I don't know about you, but I bought my phone to use as a phone.
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06-26-2008, 11:03 AM
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The worst thing about cell phones (other than the annoying habit people have of talking in them) is that they're always out of juice or out of range or something in an emergency.
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06-26-2008, 10:28 AM
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Accessing my phone book takes two clicks, then of course the scrolling and selecting the number. But with the exception of doctors' offices, I can't remember the last time I actually needed to use it. I just dial the numbers, like some sort of philistine.
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06-26-2008, 10:30 AM
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
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06-26-2008, 10:59 AM
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Nobody wants to hear from me, so no phone.
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06-26-2008, 12:24 PM
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06-26-2008, 07:04 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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06-26-2008, 07:15 PM
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Come on, cat.
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Troglodyte. (not the D&D kind)
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06-26-2008, 11:49 AM
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I believe the technical term for this kind of design is kludge.
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06-26-2008, 01:38 PM
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Only looks like a disaster tourist
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Flint, the problem, apparently, is that they've given you too much power.
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06-26-2008, 01:57 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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no - not at all HLJ - they've made assumptions and frustrated a lot of consumers who, ridiculously enough, want to use their phone as a ..... phone!
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