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Posted by Dustbin on November 16, 2006, 3:59 pm
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> My dad just called. He bought Computer Associates Antivirus and can't
> figure out how to use it.
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> He says the program scanned his drive and told him he has 5 infected
> files, but it doesn't seem to have fixed them automatically and isn't
> telling him how to do it manually.
>
> I told him that antivirus software exists to do one thing -- to
> protect a computer from viruses. If it isn't obvious to a
> three-year-old how to make it work, then it is badly designed and
> isn't worth wasting time on. I suggested he throw out the disk and go
> buy one of the alternative products.
>
> What I want to know is why software designers are always falling down
> when it comes to usability. Don't they have parents?
Sounds like the classic, "like father, like son"
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