[IxDA Discuss] more new desktop IxD

[pauric]

Its going in to the hands of kids, who are information sponges, in places
where a 386 with DOS is alien technology.  I understand the guys at Squid
Labs were asked to develop a charger for it, consists of a piece of rope
that wraps round a dymo.  You put your foot on the dymo and push-pull the
rope to generate current.

I'm not being an apologist for bad design practices but any critism of the
UI is probably based on developed world standards.  I doubt the engineers at
MIT will be fielding many support calls from irrate children in sub saharn
africa complaining about IM compatibility or browser plugins.