Interactions: False Goals

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<div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Run in a browser</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Easy to learn</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ensure data integrity</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Speed up data entry</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Increase program execution efficiency</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use nifty new features</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ensure eye candy</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c002d0118bf000000.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Maintain platform consistency</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="723" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#0000BF HEIGHT= 86 WIDTH="717"><bR> <div> <B>Elements of false goals can be secondary to real goals, but are never primary with respect to development.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Which would you rather have for each item, choice A or choice B?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="654" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="49"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="49" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="289"><div> <B>Choice A</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="290"><div> <B>Choice B</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 ><NOBR><div> <B>Item 1</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 WIDTH="289"><div> Scanning software that creates good digital files and makes it easy to manage the files.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="290"><div> Scanning software that creates outstanding digital files but dumps them into a big repository with no file management features.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 ><NOBR><div> <B>Item </B><B>2</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 WIDTH="289"><div> A word processor with 5 excellent, easy-to-use features that support your most important tasks.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="290"><div> A word processor with 4,000 features that has a little dog or paper clip that interacts with you to teach you how to use the feature that you want to use when you want to use it.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 ><NOBR><div> <B>Item </B><B>3</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 WIDTH="289"><div> A hand-held full-featured computer that mirrors your desktop computer.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="290"><div> A hand-held device with four buttons that delivers a calendar, address book, to-do list, and a calculator.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 ><NOBR><div> <B>Item 4</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 WIDTH="289"><div> An e-mail system that has archival databases, programmable agents, an integrated calendar, workflow management, and collaborative workspaces.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 WIDTH="290"><div> An e-mail system that supports only e-mail, but has a good 5 word-processing features and makes it easy to deal with attachments.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>