Inspired by this great post by Alex, here is a list of some things that are dead, and which therefore nobody ever uses:
It seems the only things that aren’t dead, and which have apparently replaced most of the things listed above, are Twitter and Facebook. The main problem with that being:
Unfortunately, this leaves Internet Explorer 6 as the last technology standing.
I always wondered why my computer’s power light decided to annoyingly flash at me whenever I put it into standby mode. Turns out, it might have been an effort to get me to turn it off properly:
Our DVD player has (to me) the most irritating standby light that I have ever seen on any device. When on, the light is constantly illuminated, but when in standby the light flashes continuously (at a slow rate). This drives me mad, but results in an interesting action it causes me to turn it off at the plug when I am not using it (which is most of the time). Suddenly one little flashing light has resulted in more energy saving than having no light.
It’s a great example of what is called design with intent.
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