…And Why is Gates So Rich?
From MSNBC (am I actually referencing that POS? I guess so…):
Says Gates of Microsoft’s eventual UI path: We want users to be able to run applications without even knowing it,
Right. Because I love NOT BEING ABLE TO KNOW what my computer or OS is doing, especially when it’s doing things I DIDN’T TELL IT TO. Jesus.
And how would they go about doing that? Microsoft thinks that the answer might lie in a universal type-in line, an always-active blank space that intelligently processes what the user wants to do at a given momentwhether its a recalculation command, a URL address, a search query or the beginning of an e-mail composition. (Gates is well aware of the ironythe old command line, left for dead, is back!)
Right again, Mr. Gates. If it works for AOL users (it doesn’t) then it works for the world, I guess (it won’t). All of a sudden I don’t see Microsoft making out of this .NET monsrosity alive.
(Simplicity) helps keep the MSN screen coherent in the midst of a surprising amount of activity. Uh-huh. Did that screenshot look coherent to you?