Re: [Usability] Some interesting user feedback

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

I'm sorry to post such a silly message. Not sorry enough to hit
'cancel', though. This just has to be said...

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:11:01PM +0000 or thereabouts, Andrew Sobala wrote:
> Another alternative:
> 
> The "$APPNAME" application has crashed. If you tell us about this crash,
> you will be helping us improve our software."
> 
> [ Exit application ] [ Report the crash]
> 
> Unfortunately, this and Luis' suggestions have this inexplicable "us" in
> the dialog. Who is us? The little green men inside the computer making
> it go?

You don't know? 

Years ago, we borrowed "the Unix manual" from a friend who had
printed out every last page of it. I forget which Unix version
it was, but I shall never forget the footnote which explained
why there was a limit to the keyboard buffer. 

It said there was a little gnome which collected the letters
you typed in at the keyboard and took them to (erm, not sure here) 
the computer or the kernel or something. And that the gnome
could only carry a certain number of letters in its hands at
once, and would drop any extra on the floor.

So it's not little green men. It's gnomes. I thought anyone
using this desktop would know that.

Telsa