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To: ScottT who wrote (8264)	2/6/1998 7:30:00 PM
From: BillHoo	Read Replies (1) of 213177

"So how would you improve the Mac OS?" Hmmmm let's see.... Many of the users I support (both Windows and Mac) do not know more than 20 percent of what their OS can do. Some of the PC users don't even know how to add a printer in Windows 95. If it takes more than three steps, their baffled! Perhaps a Mac-lite version that consolidates the most used features in a small, tight, fast OS that runs on both the old Macs and PPCs. Leave multi-threading to the Mac-Pro OS. Most of my users think linear. Sure they have Phd.s, but some of them cannot walk and chew gum at the same time. Too busy thinking deep thoughts I guess. My fear is in the race to add features, we are moving away from what made the Mac successful in the first place... the simplicity of the GUI. OS 8 is getting as cluttered as Windows95 and NT. The average user cannot cope. How about this? A system feature that automatically puts newly created files into a Work folder without any user intervention. You'd be suprised how many calls I get from people who don't know how to search for a file or misplace them on the had drive. I've found word processing document in peoples extensions folders. An on Windows .dll files are all over the place! It should be a crime to clutter your desktop with documents and icons! Think Star Trek. Can you imagine Captain Kirk saying "Spock, I can't find where I filed my Captain's Log!" or seeing an Enterprise computer terminal with icons all over the desktop? Do they even have a desktop? This is where we should be going. Think Simple -Bill_H

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