Will the sequel explain why, on Macs, you drag disk icons to the trash can to eject them? That always made me think twice about what I was doing.
The best explanation I've seen is embedded in this http://everything2.com/node/876627
Why do you have to click Start to shut down?
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Re: Why do you have to click Start to shut down?
#22I think that as tech people, we often forget that the vast majority of people that utilise tech are often less logically inclined than we are.
Or to put it another way, simplicity + attractiveness sells.
David Pogue did an interesting TED talk on this in 06 in which he made a quick stab at the start menu thing at about 10 minutes in. Linked below for reference.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_pogue_says_simplici...
Re: Why do you have to click Start to shut down?
#23For what it's worth, the first time I used a Mac quite a few years ago it took me a good five or six minutes to figure out how to log off.