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by mr_justin 5834 days ago
According to one of these slides, "humans" is short for "mainstream consumers".

http://msftkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Windows-8-...
2 comments
drewcrawford 5834 days ago
I giggled at the "Why Humans Matter" on the right:

1. Substantial in size

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nopassrecover 5834 days ago
Erghh meant to upvote this. Stupid little unchangeable close arrows on a touch interface...
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drewcrawford 5834 days ago
Granted, it's not terribly insightful.
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nopassrecover 5832 days ago
True, but it didn't deserve a downvote either
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WiseWeasel 5834 days ago
Stupid fingers and their substantial size...
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koeselitz 5834 days ago
Clearly, the close arrows don't matter as much as the humans do.
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KevBurnsJr 5834 days ago
If their strategy for Windows 8 is to continue treating me like an idiot, I'm probably going to switch to Linux.
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