Why not just do a quick backward forward maneuver to exploit the doors inertia... and have it slam itself closed?

Microsoft should stop polishing the UI and fix search. Once search works, go back to the UI work, by first, unpolishing it and making it more like Windows 2000, clean and simple with much easier control panel toggles in one place.

Thats not what they are killing. They are killing gmail service's ability to pop an external box in to your gmail. There is no IMAP alternative.

MS is really good at adding suck to their products as a feature. Let's keep polishing the turd with a new UI, make it harder to use, keep is as a minimal viable product, and rebrand it. Maybe Microsoft can fix some of the legacy problems; i dont know, maybe start with search within windows not working? They should do what grepwin does.

http://milliondollarhomepage.c... Epic idea for its time.

I would like to see an article like this every week or bi-weekly.

There is a difference between scope reduction and a bug. Choosing to not implement something isnt necessarily a bug; until its found to later have a consequence.

Programmers make mistakes for many reasons, here are a few.

1. The requirements are not clear or complete.

2. The developer is probably not very disciplined. Programming is an exact science. Unless you have worked behind an incredibly detailed oriented coach early in your career, you probably don't try to catch failures before allowing the successful path to execute. The fail first method is a super bug squasher.

3. Lack of command over the language. Knowing the do's and don't for a language like C or C++ can make the difference between bullet proof code vs insecure code or simple vs complex code.

4. Lazy or inexperienced such that the developer seeks success first, instead of hashing out the potential corner cases which takes thoughtfulness; alternatively, purposefully ignoring compiler warnings or failing to perform more in depth static analysis.

5. Fail to seek peer review.

6. Mistakes happen. Simple as that. We are all people and people make mistakes; especially when your tired. Studies have been performed and published demonstrating that people can learn about their own circadian rhythms to find the performance slots and recognize time of day that is less than ideal. Knowing when to work on something complex also creates better results. For me, nothing great ever happened after 9pm except for the re-write the next morning.