"Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:op.vqrewtcfeav7ka@steve-laptop... > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:03:13 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote: > >> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:op.vqqsdxcaeav7ka@steve-laptop... >>> >>>> According to the book "The Design of Everyday Things" the design of >>>> that >>>> function name is wrong, it's not your fault and it's not because it was >>>> 3am. When many people make mistakes with regards to the design of >>>> something it's *always* the design's fault, never the human's fault. >>> >>> I love that book, I wish more software engineers used it. One of my >>> favorite classes at college. >>> >> >> I probably would have liked that class if my college hadn't degenerated >> it >> into nothing more than "group VB6 project". Bleh. I always hated group >> projects. /me "Does not play well with others." > > From what I can remember, I did not have to write any code in that class. > I had to pick an item in my household and write a paper on what features > were well designed and which ones were poor. I have a feeling you would > have loved that ;) >
lol, that's a good point, I probably could have had a lot of fun with that :)
