iNconceivable

Apple's new version of the iPhone sparks debate over software usability, especially with controversial updates like iMovie 08.

Written byPhil Plait
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[So, Apple released a new version of the iPhone, eh? I've been waiting to post this...] I like Twitter. I was using it a little while ago to complain about upgrading my Mac, and how the new version of iMovie makes me stabby. The old version (iMovie07) worked great, so of course in iMovie08 Apple added things that make it more confusing and took away all the good stuff, making it suck harder than a starving black hole. Wil Wheaton replied back, saying:

iMovie 08 should be called iFAIL. This word, "upgrade," I do not think it means what they think it means. 07 is much better.

I may still be burning a bit from having been pwned by him over warp drive tech. So I one-upped things:

Inconceivable! Oh, wait. It was iOcaine powder, wasn't it? iMovie, iOcaine, iNconceivable... iSense a pattern.

He replied back that needs a PhotoShop. I agreed. Ten minutes later:

So there you go. Feel free to use that image whenever Apple releases some new "upgrade" that actually reduces an app's useability. So there's really only one thing left to say, isn't there? Hello, my name is The Bad Astronomer. You killed my software. Prepare to die.


Did you know there are almost no good images of Vizzini on the web? What's up with that? I figured he'd be on the flag of Sicily.

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