Oops... I did it again!

Ever hit the wrong computer button, mouse button, software icon, menu item and had to wait for the software to do its thing before moving on?  Kinda like a web page that takes forever to finish loading?  What if you clicked the link on accident and it took forever?  Well, usually you can tell web pages to just stop what they're doing and they do.  Programs are different...  You usually can't just stop them.  (for good reasons some of the time)

I just hit the quick tray icon for "MS Visual Studio 2003"... gawd...  That monster software program takes forever to finish loading...  I wrote to them a long time ago, "MODULARIZE!"  Actually, the letter was quite a bit more professional, but it leads you to wonder, why don't software developers make traditional software products more modular?  Kinda like MSN Spaces or any good website these days.  Unfortunately, people on my side of the fence are still realizing the benefits of a web-like interface in many aspects of traditional software.  There are benefits to both sides, let's all find a happy middle-ground.

Yes...  I know you hate these colors, but I hope it conveys the hideous nature of how "traditional" software and just plain bad software works

 

FYI: I think Visual Studio is a wonderful product!  Great idea...  awesome programmers... bad user experience. 

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