RE: RE: Mac vs PC users

Subject: RE: RE: Mac vs PC users
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:06:25 -0400

Dragging a disc to a trash can in order to eject it is just as
counterintuitive as pressing "Start" in order to turn something off. I'm
sure that in both cases, a whole crowd of engineers felt that it was
obvious. And there were probably two neglected tech writers way in the
back, jumping up and down and waving their hands, trying to avert
idiocy. Again. In vain.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Kim-Eng
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:55 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: RE: Mac vs. PC users
>
> I wasn't, and the idea of dragging a disc to a trashcan to
> eject it would never have occurred to me either if I hadn't
> RTFM'd first.
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On 7/6/2010 5:39 PM McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
> That's because you were a PC(er) before you were a Mac(ist)
>


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