Michael Jantze¹s The Norm is the comic strip for the every-person -- that is, if that person is a little bit geeky, in touch with their inner child, constantly confused by the opposite sex, and willing to be a little goofy just to keep things normal! The clever dialogue and bold art style are perfectly complementary to the unique observations and imaginative adventures of the title character - Theodore Norman Miller.
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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller
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Mediatech said, 7 months ago
Productivity is increased by the fact that IT won’t have to spend time training you how to use the program, or fixing the problems that you will inevitably make because you don’t understand how to use the program they failed to train you in how to use. Obviously.
chairump said, 7 months ago
Those were the good ol’ days … Hey! You guys start coding and I’ll go ask the users what they need!
Jnite said, 7 months ago
Typically it’s the other way around for me. They only want me to show them the minimum when I’m willing to show them more.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
How about getting a new program that functions worse than the previous one it replaces!
comicnut4636 said, 7 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
I believe Microsoft has been doing that for some time now.
georgelcsmith said, 7 months ago
I started developing software in 1968, and my first priorities have always been meeting my user’s needs and keeping them happy. Unfortunately, some managers insist on getting between developers and users, This can lead to poor user manuals and a poorly designed user interface. Under those circumstances, users have an amazing ability to make things go wrong. Communication between developers and users is vital to the success of any software project.
Kimberly Marley said, 7 months ago
It’ll save them time from fixing everything after “Hey, I wonder what this does.”
mysticturner said, 7 months ago
@georgelcsmith
Hey! Another DP Geezer! (for you young ‘ens, it used to be called Data Processing). The first company I ever worked for hadn’t successfully completed a contract in its 10 year existence. Most ended up in lawsuits. In my two years there, I successfully completed 5. I did it by watching how the users did thier jobs, which lead to solutions that made thier lives easier, not harder.
In my first internship, I was asked to make a small change to some report. In studying the thing, I realized a one line change to a sort would save the users some time. I didn’t realize it would cut 3 days a month down to 2 hours. Rookie green college kid on summer internship gets a party in his honor.Coffee-Turtle said, 7 months ago
Just gray out all of the buttons except that one.