>> As far as I can tell, Nikon Scan was designed and written by
>> high-school students. Nobody else would be inexperienced
>> and naïve enough to put a higher priority on cool,
>> unconventional 3-D effects for buttons and dialog boxes than
>> on ease of use and reliability.
Clearly you've never used Lotus Notes before. ;-)
As an off-topic but related aside, you may want to take a look at the
User Interface Hall of Shame () which
makes for an amusing read during a lunch hour. NS could be a potential
candidate for nomination.
>> This illustrates what seems to be a rule with computers:
>> The better the hardware, the worse the software. It's as if
>> no company can afford to be good at both ... which may well
>> be true. HP makes nice hardware, and so does Nikon--but
>> their software is a nightmare.
Sony are another great example.
>> Conversely, Microsoft makes good software,
<hides under desk to avoid impending flame war>
:-)
Mark
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