Don't panic! We're all idiots.

You need a licence to drive a car, shoot a gun, pilot a plane etc. Or at least be over a certain age to perferm certain acts.

Now why doesn't this apply to using a computer (profesionally)? When a client asks us to make a website with an admin login and a certain degree of a CMS it wouldn't be to much to ask of him to know how to right-click and choose download when he/she wants to download stuff. But this is actually the kind of stuff they'll ask for towards the end of project.

So no matter how much user-friendlyness we twist our minds to accomodate, which also is limited by how much the client is willing to pay for our time off course, we can always bet that they'll dig deep down in the incompetent abyss and throw something totally and uterly surprising at us.

Which is what made me think: Shouldn't there be a big warning, a tutorial on hyperlink navigation, an instructional animated splashscreen or equal at the top of each page? Which is why the title and description of this blog has changed from Whatsinablog? to Don't Panic! - We're all idiots. If you don't think Don't Panic! is a great title, go read/see/downlaod/listen too
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! And as for the "We're all idiots" part, well, it's true. Can't argue with that one. I mean, even the leader of the world USA isn't perticulary intelligent...