Being an IT guy I’ve lived many years with the assumption that computer users are idiots. However I always put the blame on myself and put some extra effort in making some programs fool-proof (which is hard: no matter how smart you are… there is always a fool who does the unimaginable). Now I finally can stop the charade of improving programs beyond the level of reason. An experiment with pop-ups has clearly proven that computer users are idiots. Even a pop-up with the message “You are about to install Malware. Malware is bad. By reading this warning through the end and still clicking ‘Yes’ you’re failing the Windows Darwin Test..” did not prevent the user to click on the yes button. Mind you: the test subjects are college students… Here’s the full article.

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