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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: An idea for KDE4.0-desktop
From:       Manuel Amador <rudd-o () amautacorp ! com>
Date:       2005-08-17 5:10:08
Message-ID: 1124255408.7830.34.camel () master ! amauta
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El vie, 12-08-2005 a las 14:39 -0600, Joseph Garvin escribió:
> John Tapsell wrote:
> 
> >No, they do it because they are afraid their computer will crash if they use 
> >too many programs at once.  They don't want to overwork their PC because its 
> >very expensive for them to get fixed if it breaks.
> >  
> >
> 
> I can vouch for my mom actually saying this. Windows stability standards 
> make it just about true :P

/me joins to this chorus
I've been told by easily more than five individuals that I break their
computers because I usually do large navigation sessions in parallel,
opening multiple browser windows.  Phrases like "NONOOO, it's going to
freeze" are quite common around me and Windows computers.

...no, I do not hang computers on purpose.

> 
> >
> >
> >On Friday 12 August 2005 11:13, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>2005/8/12, Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach@wp.pl>:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>- they don't like to have more than one window opened
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>How true... every non-power windows user I know (actually I know four)
> >>closes a program before opening another. Including Explorer. This way,
> >>they avoid using the taskbar at all. I really don't know why they do
> >>that. Is it just to avoid using the taskbar?
> >>
> >>Maurizio
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