RE: Finding errors in manuals

Subject: RE: Finding errors in manuals
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "David Neeley" <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:00:24 -0600

David Neeley wrote:

> My fave is the Mac, where to eject a removable disk we "throw
> it in the trash."
>
> I can't tell you my frustration when I first encountered a
> Mac and tried to liberate a floppy disk...

Ah, yes, a not-so-fond memory! It just about drove me nuts -- I could
_eject_ the floppy, but this "ghost image" remained, and the damned Mac
kept prompting me to reinsert that disk. When I finally figured it out,
my reaction was: "Intuitive interface, my a**!"

:-)

Richard
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