Concern for usability and ergonomics

[Ian Darwin]

Several weeks ago Sean wrote:
> I totally agree with your points. Please keep in mind that this was our 
> first design. And that we are using an ID design that simply wasn't made 
> for what this project has become.  It was originally designed for a 
> completely different usage scenario.

I just came across this mail and thought of something: "not necessarily 
bad". The Java language and runtime was originally designed for a 
completely different usage scenario. The Oak language (renamed to Java 
in 1995) was designed to write the code in set-top TV boxes. Yet it went 
on to almost totally conquer the large corporation enterprise server 
market.  Reuse can work well...