Ken, lol. so true. There are some underlaying questions that need answering. Like WHY are we still worrying about download quotas? Because we are being robbed. If the bandwidth is there it should be used. The system has a self modifying behaviour of going slow when its being over utilised. Its like putting a speed limit of 40km/hour on a major freeway. Make it the Autobahn! go as fast as you can.
On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 at 10:40 Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > You should get a Windows Phone. There are no apps for it, so nothing > ever changes. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Friday, 3 July 2015 11:27 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Not so amusing phone story > > > > Yeah, when we get major updates to desktop software there is traditionally > plenty of warning as you read about it magazines and get preview releases. > Phones through don't seem to have the same culture, stuff just arrives, and > there are so many apps from so many vendors that I suppose there's no > simple way of maintaining awareness of everything that's changing. I > certainly have no time or interest to read up on the ecosystem around my > phone, after all, it's just a fancy tool and I expect it to work, > consistently! > > > > I was unfortunately wedged by the urgency of showing someone my pictures > and taking photos and suddenly discovering the dramatic UI changes and > didn't have time to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things > over. > > > > And yes, I too am confounded with anger by the growing number of > weird gestures, verbose notifications and hidden commands on phones. > > > > *Greg K* >