Comments on: Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/ intrepid girl reporter Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joel http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-60454 Joel Sat, 21 May 2005 04:54:13 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-60454 WTF? They're easy widgets to build and likely more gratifying for the author than the poor user who downloads it and realizes it sucks up system resources (including space in the widget view). Probably the same reason there are more than 100 note taking applications for the PalmOS - the OS supports a memo feature. Add a new icon, an update lowercase "i" in front of the word "pad" and presto - a new program!<br><br>No, no cynicism here ;-) WTF? They’re easy widgets to build and likely more gratifying for the author than the poor user who downloads it and realizes it sucks up system resources (including space in the widget view). Probably the same reason there are more than 100 note taking applications for the PalmOS – the OS supports a memo feature. Add a new icon, an update lowercase “i” in front of the word “pad” and presto – a new program!

No, no cynicism here ;-)

]]> By: Joel http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Joel Sat, 21 May 2005 03:54:13 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-105 WTF? They're easy widgets to build and likely more gratifying for the author than the poor user who downloads it and realizes it sucks up system resources (including space in the widget view). Probably the same reason there are more than 100 note taking applications for the PalmOS - the OS supports a memo feature. Add a new icon, an update lowercase "i" in front of the word "pad" and presto - a new program! No, no cynicism here ;-) WTF? They’re easy widgets to build and likely more gratifying for the author than the poor user who downloads it and realizes it sucks up system resources (including space in the widget view). Probably the same reason there are more than 100 note taking applications for the PalmOS – the OS supports a memo feature. Add a new icon, an update lowercase “i” in front of the word “pad” and presto – a new program!

No, no cynicism here ;-)

]]> By: Andrea http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-60453 Andrea Wed, 18 May 2005 02:50:28 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-60453 (Of course, there is a spell-check feature available too--when I remember to use it!) (Of course, there is a spell-check feature available too–when I remember to use it!)

]]> By: Andrea http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-60452 Andrea Wed, 18 May 2005 02:48:58 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-60452 I hear ya! But, right now my taskbar is filled with 22 open items, so the Google bar and Yahoo! bar "help" in that I don't have to switch between quite and manny things. Also, to save searches and bookmarks in Yahoo! or drop a note in my Yahoo! notepad, dash a Blog posting off (when I'm using -- gasp! IE), or rank a page--among other things. Granted, since my Web usage is being tracked any time I use items like these, I'm trading the "convenience" of the "free" services for my personal information. Sometimes it seems worth it. I hear ya! But, right now my taskbar is filled with 22 open items, so the Google bar and Yahoo! bar “help” in that I don’t have to switch between quite and manny things. Also, to save searches and bookmarks in Yahoo! or drop a note in my Yahoo! notepad, dash a Blog posting off (when I’m using — gasp! IE), or rank a page–among other things. Granted, since my Web usage is being tracked any time I use items like these, I’m trading the “convenience” of the “free” services for my personal information. Sometimes it seems worth it.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Andrea Wed, 18 May 2005 01:50:28 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-99 (Of course, there is a spell-check feature available too--when I remember to use it!) (Of course, there is a spell-check feature available too–when I remember to use it!)

]]> By: Andrea http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Andrea Wed, 18 May 2005 01:48:58 +0000 http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2005/05/15/215/#comment-98 I hear ya! But, right now my taskbar is filled with 22 open items, so the Google bar and Yahoo! bar "help" in that I don't have to switch between quite and manny things. Also, to save searches and bookmarks in Yahoo! or drop a note in my Yahoo! notepad, dash a Blog posting off (when I'm using -- gasp! IE), or rank a page--among other things. Granted, since my Web usage is being tracked any time I use items like these, I'm trading the "convenience" of the "free" services for my personal information. Sometimes it seems worth it. I hear ya! But, right now my taskbar is filled with 22 open items, so the Google bar and Yahoo! bar “help” in that I don’t have to switch between quite and manny things. Also, to save searches and bookmarks in Yahoo! or drop a note in my Yahoo! notepad, dash a Blog posting off (when I’m using — gasp! IE), or rank a page–among other things. Granted, since my Web usage is being tracked any time I use items like these, I’m trading the “convenience” of the “free” services for my personal information. Sometimes it seems worth it.

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