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From: Kerr-MuddJohn
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:54

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:50:08 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> On 2018-07-19, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> 
> [36 lines snipped]
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>> Sometimes, when you encounter a User from Hell who won't understand
>> however many times you explain, and won't use the quick and easy
>> tools you designed to let them do the job effortlessly, you just
>> have to answer their questions for the nth time, send them away,
>> and pray that it'll be a while before they (inevitably) come back
>> with the same questions the n+1th time.
> 
> That's because they don't want you to explain it to them, they want
> you to do it for them.
> 
> 

One erm acquaintance claimed that the user interface for some users 
should consist of just one button.

-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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From: "Kerr-Mudd,John" <nots...@invalid.org>
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Subject: Re: remembering MRC
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