Re:1996 may as well be a thousand years (Score 1)

Yes, which is exactly what Voltage Gate was saying.

The scientist you described would, in the context of this discussion, be described as technically challenged

I agree that products need to represent adequately the diversity of the market, - there are those who want a simple interface, but there are also those of us who derive pleaseure from fiddling with our environment - 'personalising it' you could say.