http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/05/25/one-button scratched tallies on the prison wall Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:27:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/05/25/one-button#comment-12560 sil Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:15:01 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/05/25/one-button#comment-12560 Apantomimehorse: I agree that it's not possible to reduce everything to one DWIM button. However, the whole point of a goal is that it's something to shoot for. If we fold under right now and say "well, it's impossible", we'll never make any progress. Don't go gently into that black night. Apantomimehorse: I agree that it’s not possible to reduce everything to one DWIM button. However, the whole point of a goal is that it’s something to shoot for. If we fold under right now and say “well, it’s impossible”, we’ll never make any progress. Don’t go gently into that black night.

]]> http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/05/25/one-button#comment-12558 Apantomimehorse Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:05:14 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/05/25/one-button#comment-12558 The reason it's wrong is because it's a pipe dream, and it's a pipe dream for the very reason that user interfaces and programming languages that 'just do what we want' are pipe dreams. Apple has led people astray: the only solution Apple has ever had to complexity is to throw functionality out with the bathwater and then add a coat of gloss. The reason it’s wrong is because it’s a pipe dream, and it’s a pipe dream for the very reason that user interfaces and programming languages that ‘just do what we want’ are pipe dreams. Apple has led people astray: the only solution Apple has ever had to complexity is to throw functionality out with the bathwater and then add a coat of gloss.

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