RE: side-effect of tabbed browsing

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hemstreet, Deborah
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:06
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: side-effect of tabbed browsing
> 
>  While I would tend to agree, this leads to another question:
> 
> Most likely the SW was designed BEFORE tabbed browsing. I think it is
> possible that they are not even aware that the SW behaves this way
when
> using tabbed browsing.

Deborah (and Dan who said something similar) are probably correct.

It's not something that's going to affect a lot of people... few are as
creatively lazy in the bizarre manner that I can sometimes be...    :-)

I merely thought it was interesting, having been perplexed for a while
and then having figured out what was going on (ouch! just wrenched my
shoulder, patting myself on the back). 

However, this illustrates a maxim that was drilled into us in a sport I
used to do:  This or that little thing going wrong is not going to
hurt/kill you. But let a couple of harmless little glitches combine, and
the story changes.

Applies to skydiving, flying/gliding, scuba, car and boat racing, etc.,
etc.

People like Gene and others in the aircraft-related industries, as well
as medical equipment and many other areas, will probably be quite
familiar with the notion of just a few "harmless" little things piling
up into something unexpectedly dire.

Getting an extra e-mail or three is not dire, but imagine if the glitch
at the website/shopping-cart had been to generate another order/shipment
each time the page was accessed...   hmm?

 - Kevin
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