Comment by bilionsnbilions
3 days ago
> Finally, project cost-benefit justifications of software developments rarely consider the financial and emotional distress placed on end users of IT systems when something goes wrong.
Most users and most management of software projects live in denial that the norm is dystopia.
I can’t help think of any required and useful feature that has happened in computer usage since the early days.
Easier to swallow is that the user interface of desktop operating systems hasn’t changed fundamentally in many years, yet hardware requirements continue to grow.
But even the invention of a mouse requires excessive movement to move a pointer to click on something that a key combination could’ve done much more quickly. The original intention of the mouse was just as another device to use, not necessarily a primary device to direct the majority of workflow.
From a dark storage area I may someday again get out an early Sceptre gaming monitor from the DOS days.
I held on to it throughout the 1990's precisely because it was not a plug & play monitor and it was real good to install Windows with so nothing would interfere with higher resolution alternative graphics you were going to install later.
Now by the 21st century it was seldom seen but these were well-made and it still worked, however the most obsolete feature that got the most interest was the sleek aftermarket plastic accessory unit attached to the side of the monitor with those sticky 3M tacky pads that are so tenacious.
Yes, you've all seen it and remember it fondly, the mouse holder.
Kind of like a custom cup holder that fits the standard mouse perfectly, it's obviously where you keep your mouse most of the time, except for those rare occasions when you dabble in a bit of software which actually supports a mouse.
You want to keep it out of the way of your everyday desktop activities :)