Re: Re[2]: Time machine backing up temporary binary files.
Re: Re[2]: Time machine backing up temporary binary files.
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: Time machine backing up temporary binary files.
- From: Óscar Morales Vivó <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:41:33 -0500
I took my whole userland Developer folder out of Time Machine, since I
figured out the way it works wouldn't be a good fit for it and besides
that's what the subversion server is for ;o)
If you don't have one, time to look into it. Any old computer able to
run a recent OS X or linux would work mightily fine for that.
On Nov 18, 2007, at 12:58 , Hugh Sontag wrote:
I didn't say that there's anything wrong with an "Advanced" button,
but I don't expect to see one.
When the priority is the naive customer, your resources are spent
serving that priority.
Would you, could you afford spend your resources making OS X great
for hard-core computing types while at the same time making it great
for "the rest of us" ?
Remember that it's not just the features, it's documentation,
testing, maybe a new rationale for explaining errors (I'm reminded
of my first error, "An error occurred while performing the
backup".), and fixing bugs and inconsistencies that were introduced
with the new features.
Along with the new features comes additional complexity, which will
be exposed to the naive user when they click on the "Advanced"
button. Will it have a warning telling the naive user not to make
any changes if they don't understand what they're doing? What if
they make changes anyway?
What happens when the naive user makes inappropriate choices in the
"Advanced" features, and that customer calls Apple Care with the
news that "my backup doesn't work"?
My point is that developers' (even advanced users') needs aren't the
priority, particularly if it isn't Xcode that we're talking about.
Get used to it.
Hugh Sontag
Hello Hugh,
Friday, November 16, 2007, 5:58:54 AM, you wrote:
Apple's OS is customer-focused, not programmer-focused. Options for
including/excluding files, folders, regular expressions.
Is the current user interface any sort of a clue? There is basically
an on/off button. Turn it on and *everything* is backed up, whether
it needs it or not. One sop to "configurability" in the form of an
exclusion list. You must not have drunk the Kool-Aid.
File bugs if you feel like it, but don't expect to see them
implemented. Time Machine is *intended* to be simple, and adding
features defeats that intention.
What's wrong with an "Advanced" button for setting these advanced
options for the users that will want them, and for users who will
eventually learn them ?
I agree that some customers need things dumbing down for them, but
this does not mean that you have to treat all customers as dumb!
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Best regards,
Peter mailto:email@hidden
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