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[James "Doc" Livingston]

On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 10:22 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-24-05 at 15:10 +0100, Anders Karlsson wrote: 
> > I'd disagree. Playing DVD movies is not 'critical functionality' on any
> > PC. You have DVD players attached to TV's for that. Playing DVD's on
> > your PC is a 'nice to have'.
>
> <UseCase>
> I can afford either a computer or a TV+DVD.  Since I need my computer
> to do my work, the latter is not an option.  Therefore playing DVD
> movies on my computer is elevated to "critical functionality".
> </UseCase>
>
> Please don't tell users what they need and what they don't need.  Your
> average user can decide that for themselves.  Doing what you're doing
> here?  Is exactly why computers, despite having had 50 years or more
> to be worked upon, still suck.

You're doing the exact same thing, tell people that users *need* smooth
DVD-video playback.


Arguing about what features users consider "critical", "important" and
"useless" is fairly pointless, as different people want different
things.


Cheers,

James "Doc" Livingston
-- 
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and
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