On: The Decline of Usability

[XorNot]

The problem was everyone did it once, and then lost power at some point and it went into "minor task not ever important enough to be worth taking the time.

If they'd included a backup battery to retain the clock, I suspect it'd been less of a thing.

[Talanes → XorNot]

In the days before power strips were ubiquitous, my VCR got unplugged whenever I played the Sega. There was no way anyone was setting the clock daily.

[pfranz → XorNot]

I still think that's part of the bad UI =) That setup was bad unless you included a battery or time was likely to set itself.