Nathan's Occasional Blog

When the UI looks like Frankenstein’s progress bar on marijuana, how is the end user supposed to have clue one on what is going on?
– Vista’s Powerless Power Users: Someone Neutered My Defrag!

This is perhaps one of the best quotes I’ve ever read describing a software interface.  And I have to agree with the conclusions – what is MS doing with their defrag tools?  To me it looks like it’s getting worse with Vista (I can’t even choose what drive to defrag), but you can at least (finally) schedule it … whatever “it” is.