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    I just stumbled across this internal email exchange at Microsoft during the antitrust lawsuits and I am amazed at Bill Gates' detailed email complaining about the usability of trying to download Windows MovieMaker (spoiler: he can't figure it out) https://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/files/library/2003Jangatesmoviemaker.pdf
    Portland, Oregon • 60°F
    Tue, May 29, 2018 8:17pm -07:00 #windows #microsoft
    39 likes 15 reposts 7 replies 5 mentions
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    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      By popular demand, and since seattlepi.com is blocking EU visitors due to the GDPR, I've reproduced the PDF email thread as a web page so you can actually read it!

      https://aaronparecki.com/2018/05/30/17/bill-gates-windows-usability.html
      Wed, May 30, 2018 2:20pm -07:00
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      gosh, for a PDF too! Give me a few minutes to copy this to a web page...
      Wed, May 30, 2018 7:18pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Kieren Johnstone river.red
      451 β€œnot available in your region for legal reasons”. ... really?
      Wed, May 30, 2018 7:10pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Colin Wiseman twitter.com/colinwiseman
      Ahhh another company that wants to mishandle data of everyone else. 😜
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:37am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Andrew Vijay twitter.com/andrewvijay
      It's brilliant. The fact that he took time to write such a long mail is amazing and also how soft he is in his tone! No wonder he got a lot of stuff done! I want to see a video where the recipient reads this email for the first time!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:29am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Åke Brattberg www.akebrattberg.com
      #gdpr
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:17am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Yuriy Dybskiy πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ dybskiy.com
      please stumble upon more stuff like this. Super fun read πŸ˜†
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:00am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

    Other Mentions

    • Cynthia Bell McGillis twitter.com/cynthiamcgillis
      A tale as old as time. πŸ•―

      β€œMy take is that this web-experience mess spans many groups and deliverables, that we need one person/team to own the overall picture, driving it, tracking the experience, etc.”
      Wed, Jun 6, 2018 12:30pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Johannes Ernst upon2020.com
      I rest my complaints about Windows for all time. Bill Gates made them just so much better than I ever could.
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:13pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Benjamin Encz blog.benjamin-encz.de
      Description of how bad Windows UX was gave me a headache.

      Email is at the bottom of the thread.
      Wed, May 30, 2018 1:18pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Luke Pierce www.worksentertainment.com
      Bill Gates’ @lefsetz Letter about Windows sucking is amazing. H/T @mboyle
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:45am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Michael Boyle twitter.com/mboyle
      Bill Gates’ email is the funniest executive communication I think I’ve ever read.
      Wed, May 30, 2018 5:21am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
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