RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word?

Subject: RE: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word?
From: "Miller, Alan" <Alan -dot- Miller -at- prometric -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:32:51 -0400


I don't see the connection between the two analogies. It seems to me that Martin Page is making a point about after-the-fact correction of the consequences of failures caused by faulty design. Meanwhile, Martin Soderstrom seems to be likening it to a failure to include a design feature that would prevent problems in the first place. This is an excellent example of why not to argue by analogy (Argumentum ad analgesic :-{) ).

Pointing out design flaws (real or perceived) is not Luddite thinking. It's just good skepticism.

Al Miller
"Chief Documentation Curmudgeon"
Prometric, Inc., a Thomson Corporation business
Baltimore, Maryland

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-40429 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com@ITP On Behalf Of "Martin Soderstrom" <scribbler1382 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:53 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: What Are the Main Problems You Have with MS Word?
>
>
> That's luddite thinking. For years cars didn't come with seatbelts when the
> manufacturers had determined they would save lives because they thought a
> car with seat belts would be viewed as unsafe.
>
>
> "Martin Page" <mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote in message news:155974 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> >
> >
> > >> Does it seem curious to you that Microsoft has built-in the Microsoft
> > Word document "Recovery" feature? Hmmmmmm? <<
> >
> > Come to think of it, would you buy a car that had a "Decrumple Lever" just
> > in case the steering wheel came off when you went round a hair-pin bend?


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