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On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 11:01 -0500, Dennis Grant wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">But how did you solve the serial number issue with the CRM inventory mechanism ? </FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">We didn’t – no need, as we don’t track serial numbers like you do.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">But the concept of coding back-end connectors to do your data entry is valid.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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It is, and I will do that if I can figure out a way to map the entities I need to what the CRM provides.
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In an essay about programming, Ellen Ullman tells a great anecdote about a programmer who was so socially inept that they could only communicate with him via email, even they all shared the same office. She also writes: "Pretty graphical interfaces are commonly called user-friendly. But they are not really your friends. Underlying every user-friendly interface is terrific contempt for the humans who will use it. ...to build a crash-proof system, the designer must be able to imagine--and disallow--the dumbest action possible. He or she has to think of every single stupid thing a human being could do. Gradually, over months and years, the designer's mind creates a construct of the user as an imbecile. This image is necessary. No crash-proof system can be built unless it is made for an idiot." <BR>
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