Comments on: My favorite family PC support moment http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment Anecdotes on Java, Ruby, Sysadmin, SEO, Design, and Management Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:22:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nathan http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment/comment-page-1#comment-45938 Nathan Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:46:11 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment#comment-45938 Hi Todd, Whatever happened to the 41411 GGWIND text message system? It jsut returns a blank message. This was the BEST thing ever. Sailing out of sausalito, I never know what sails to put up on our yankee dolphin 24 so the text message was a godsend. Any chance you'll bring it back to life? Hi Todd,

Whatever happened to the 41411 GGWIND text message system? It jsut returns a blank message.

This was the BEST thing ever. Sailing out of sausalito, I never know what sails to put up on our yankee dolphin 24 so the text message was a godsend.

Any chance you’ll bring it back to life?

]]> By: Todd Huss http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment/comment-page-1#comment-5678 Todd Huss Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:13:56 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment#comment-5678 Victor, I'm sorry but using Mac OSX with a single button mouse is simply not effective for someone doing anything more than surfing the web. I've worked around it by using a mighy mouse at work and the two finger tap on the MacBook Pro but I'd rather just have a right click button! Victor, I’m sorry but using Mac OSX with a single button mouse is simply not effective for someone doing anything more than surfing the web. I’ve worked around it by using a mighy mouse at work and the two finger tap on the MacBook Pro but I’d rather just have a right click button!

]]> By: Victor Panlilio http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment/comment-page-1#comment-5108 Victor Panlilio Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:15:50 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment#comment-5108 "Delete the accidental shortcuts to Word he’d created on his desktop because left versus right click and single versus double click hadn’t totally sunk in yet." And this, my friend, is why all the perennial whining about Apple's one-button mouse is ridiculous. If something can be done effectively with a single mouse button, why require users to learn how to use two, three, or more? I've lost count of the number of times I've had to clarify whether "click" means left-click or right-click to a Windows user. On a Mac, it's just "click" and that's it. Simple. No ambiguity, and less chance for user confusion. “Delete the accidental shortcuts to Word he’d created on his desktop because left versus right click and single versus double click hadn’t totally sunk in yet.”

And this, my friend, is why all the perennial whining about Apple’s one-button mouse is ridiculous. If something can be done effectively with a single mouse button, why require users to learn how to use two, three, or more? I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to clarify whether “click” means left-click or right-click to a Windows user. On a Mac, it’s just “click” and that’s it. Simple. No ambiguity, and less chance for user confusion.

]]> By: burkey http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment/comment-page-1#comment-4371 burkey Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:54:39 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/my-favorite-family-pc-support-moment#comment-4371 How about the time I ran into one of the ladies from engineering rushing out the door. I asked how her new email account was working and she told me fine but she got a letter from the postmaster and she was going to the post office to straighten it out. How about the time I ran into one of the ladies from engineering rushing out the door. I asked how her new email account was working and she told me fine but she got a letter from the postmaster and she was going to the post office to straighten it out.

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