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"When I’m checking my email, the last thing I want to do is context switch back to the app."
Because it's really that hard to Ctrl+click a link in an email, archive it, and move on to the next email?
One thing to remember is that a country where one person makes $120,000 and nine others make $20,000 has the same per-capita GDP as a country where ten people make $30,000 each. Also, as m_eiman points out, PPP does not account for social costs such as increased greenhouse emissions or declining infrastructure.
My father-in-law loves to work on cars, but he can only fix simple things on a newer model car because of all the complexity. That's why he still drives his old 1960's pickup truck.
This article isn't talking about efficiency, it's talking about joy -- the basis of all hobbies.
If you see him blink and react, then he only has 50 ms to react to your attack, which you just stated is not enough time.
So how long until Disney decides that Hulu should use the Move Media Player and not support any browser other than IE just like abc.com. I like Hulu because it's simple and works well, something that Disney seems to not understand.