[OT] "The Condescending UI" (was: Do we need Win95/98/Me support?)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>
> a) you usually want something on or off.  If it's already in the desired 
> state, you can usually tell without looking at the switch.
> b) It's far more mentally taxing to read/understand the symbols, remember 
> how they apply to circuits, then determine whether it's on or off, than it 
> is to simply start flipping switches until you get the desired result.
>

How in the world does the presence of symbols on the switch prevent you from 
doing it that way?