[Elecraft] Suggestion

[Richard Davis]

...Ah....   the [UNDO] button.  Such a simple elegant idea.  Where it is 
available I use it without any thinking, and with great relief.

Some developers of software for the MACINTOSH, where the 'undo' feature 
is explicitly defined and encouraged, say that fully 50% of total 
development effort of an application arises from the work required to 
implement the 'undo' feature.  At least, the early Macintosh desigh 
thinking included explicit provision for the undo capability.

I am constantly intrigued by the overwhelming disposition of software 
engineering to develop functionality without any thought to integrating 
a 'reverse' gear.  Everyone seems so focused on 'the way ahead', that 
being able to back up--go in reverse--is not considered.

In the earliest stages of system architecture design, if the 'undo' 
capability isn't explicitly emphasized, then the ability to evolve this 
is unknowingly sacrificed.   ...and it is a capability that can't be 
developed as a afterthought.

The second most intelligent creature on this planet could have been a 
serious competitor for humans were it not for two omissions in its early 
evolution, omissions that can't be added on after the fact.  The octopus 
doesn't have a a back bone (it is an invertebrate) and it has only a one 
year life span.

MORAL: No matter how hard you try you can't undo the omission of an undo 
capability.

:-)

Richard
K5BWV

Adam Koczarski wrote:
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> I was thinking the same thing yesterday. A button you can tap to "undo" the
> last bone headed adjustment!
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> Adam - ka7ark
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