Dvorak on 'Rinky-Dink' Software Rant

DigitalDame2 writes "John C. Dvorak explores the trials and tribulations of photo editing software and why it's so difficult to use. Unless you are using these programs full-time, you spend a lot of time trying to figure things out. Is it too much to ask for a simple and powerful software program that can do the 45 things photographers do most in Photoshop?"

I agree.

[FireballX301]

Which is why I use MSPaint.

MS PAINT 4 LYFE!

article is -1 troll

[John Nowak]

For the love of god, PLEASE stop posting articles from dvorak. It is just sadistic.

Re:Picassa

[Nqdiddles]

From the website:
"...it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had)" (emphasis added).
I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!

Re:article is -1 troll

[Benwick]

No sheet! As a former college-level composition instructor, I wish I could get paid to write that badly.

Even the author knows he's not even trying (e.g. "yes, this is a badly constructed rant!"). This isn't Slashdot-worthy. It's not even kindergarden-worthy. It's crap!

Approximately 500 words; 0 coherent concepts expressed ("I want a whole bunch of stupid programs put together that don't add up to Photoshop.").

Grade: F, for "Fired."

Re:Parent is Funny

[Philip K Dickhead]

Yeah. Making fun of Dvorak is like shooting fish in a barrel.

"There's an expression we do not use enough. Rinky-dink."

I guess he hasn't heard what the girls say about him...

Re:article is -1 troll

[m4dm4n]

What you mean "The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse'. There is no evidence that people want to use these things" wasn't insightful?

John C Dvorak, rinky dink for over 2 decades.

Re:whinge whinge

[Fred_A]

Also, he implied the "Are you sure you want to do this?" message boxes

I always thought those should be replaced by

You really shouldn't be doing this
[Fuck my stuff up] [Oops, forget about it]

Re:Picassa

[vagabond_gr]

I though you were speaking about porn. But then, did you forget about your porn???? Are you ok man?

Re:Picassa

[Just Some Guy]

I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I want any program finding all the photos I've got - even if I have forgotten about them!
--
And that kids is how I met your mother.

Digital camera: $300.
Getting a cute coed drunk: $15.
The look on your kids' face when they realize that the pictures Picasa unearthed were of Mommy: priceless.

Best text+sig combination I expect to read this week.

Re:Just as everything else

[SirPavlova]

"These programs assume that you are a dolt."
Dvorak... you ARE a dolt.

Granted, but if even he finds them too "helpful," that's pretty damning.

Re:Parent is Funny

[gerardlt]

Unfortunately, you forget that many kids can use Photoshop functions while many adults struggle to use MS Paint.

Real men

[Junior J. Junior III]

Real men edit their .jpgs from the command line by feeding hex values and pixel coordinates. EVERYTHING else is rinky-dink.

Re:article is -1 troll

[memer]

Waaah! Word makes me use, like, thirty-odd keys just to type out a piece of crap rant. Isn't there some easy bit of software that can, like, do it for me using less thinking?

Re:article is -1 troll

[Asprin]

Dvorak is the new Jon Katz.

(/crickets chirping)

The next few dvorak articles...

[Senzei]

• Dvorak vs the user interface of a toaster: man outsmarted by machine

• Dvorak: More tripe about why macs suck (because I wanted to say it but could not think of a reason)

• Dvoradamus: Technology predictions made using refrigerator magnets and five year old spelling-bee champs

• Why I am still relevant and everything you heard from anyone else is a bold face lie ... really

• Some crap I made up because I was too busy smoking crack to come up with a story

• 100 reasons why linux will never be good enough for the desktop (hint 1-99 amount to "There are too many choices for my brain to handle")

• is the greatest thing ... no, even better than sliced bread (it does not force me to fight with my toaster as I cannot turn it into toast)

Now, the true question is, are you wasting more brain cells reading what I say about dvorak or what he says about anything?