>Nick,
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>Just because people are used to things in the real world, does not mean that it should be duplicated here on the computer. Go up to the Interface Hall of Shame (http://www.iarchitect.com/shame.htm) and read about Apple's QuickTime player as an example.

Hi Craig,

I am not talking about obvious samples of shame interface :)
Things in a real world (not all of them of course - say, I am talking about STOP buttons and flashing warning lights as a sample now) are coming from years (hundreds of years?) of human experience, they are not accidental and have deep psychological background. People are used to things like that for a reason. If they are like this in a real world, it does NOT mean that they should be changed here on a computer as Microsoft wishes.
Using the extreme sample here:
Imagine a fighter plane with the completely computerized instrument panel with touch screen displays. Should the button "Emergency Fuel Dump" be grey? And the "5 percent of fuel remaining" light/sign be NOT flashing right in your eyes?
I am a pilot myself (well, I fly the glider for now :) and I wouldn't want Microsoft Windows with its's standards installed on it :)