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"A computer shall not harm your data or, through inaction, allow your data to come to harm." -Jef Raskin's first law of interface design Shame to see the Macin
by jaysonelliot 14y ago
"A computer shall not harm your data or, through inaction, allow your data to come to harm." -Jef Raskin's first law of interface design
Shame to see the Macintosh violating the first law of the Father of the Macintosh.
- philwelch 14y agoJef Raskin was not the "Father of the Macintosh". At least not according to Andy Hertzfeld, who actually worked on the Macintosh. http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=The_Father_of_The_Macintosh.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=The_Father_of_The...
- javajosh 14y agoNot only that, but to do it to an (apparently unpopular) minority of users is indeed shameful.
- jshowa 14y agoIf you read the article, the data wasn't harmed, it was just moved. Therefore, the law wasn't violated.
- ObjectiveCat 14y agoIt wasn't even moved, it remained in ~/Library/Mail/RSS/ - it's original directory and a very logical one at that. It's surprising that a developer wouldn't have been able to figure this out, considering ~/Library/ is the directory where all application data and preference files are stored..