What is it with technology that is deliberately annoying? Why do OS developers believe that I want the computer to do things on its own–without my telling it to? And even things that should operate on their own in the background, like anti-virus software, why does mine make me go through a little NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, FINISH game every day after it downloads an update and runs? Why does it have to ask me if I want it to clean or delete infected email? Why wouldn’t I? And if I didn’t want to, why would I be running anti-virus software at all? And somebody please explain why computers by default need to play stupid little ditties every time you open or close a window, or boot the machine, or do nearly anything at all. What the hell makes these software developers think I want to hear their stupid little tunes?
Why does the computer feel it necessary to ask me if I’m sure I want to do something every time I tell it to do something? If I weren’t sure, I wouldn’t have told the computer to delete the damned file.
I despise the user-friendly tech culture–and that is fundamentally why I despise Apple and the Mac idiot box. That’s where all this “point and click” “let me do everything for you!” BS started.
But it’s not just computers. Do they make telephones that don’t beep obnoxiously when there’s a message? Yes, I know there’s a message. I don’t particularly want to listen to it now because I’m busy, but if I don’t that damned beeping will drive me off the deep end.
This “user-friendly” crap drives me nuts.
