Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets

The Register ^ | Nov 20, 2017 | Thomas Claburn

[Swordmaker]

On that version, the Settings are all on one screen where the average person can understand where to go. Now, on iPhones and iPads, the simplicity has been lost. Steve Jobs looked through the eyes of a neophyte and the artist when designing products. Sadly, no one is there to take his place.

I have to agree with that assessment. Too many screens to navigate to find settings. For example, I was trying to find the settings for Airdrop yesterday to send some photos to my girlfriend. It used to be on the Control Center, but now it's three levels deep in Settings. Who made that decision to remove it from the Control Center and bury it? This is a frequently used function that some prefer to leave off and only turn on when needing to use it.

[Gideon7]

I manage the server IT for a couple colleges that have SuperMicro Xeon rack mount servers that I built in 2011 and later upgraded to newer Xeon CPUs that have the vulberabilities (ugh).

I dont think SuperMicro will release new BIOS firmware for such old mobos so I think we are screwed.

[TXnMA]

Even sadder, back in the era of the Apple ][e , the Apple][GS, and the early Macs, Apple published -- and, rigorously followed -- a little booklet named, The Apple Human Interface Guidelines".

The genius of Steve Jobs really shined in that little book! Nowadays, it seems that Apple designers never heard of the "Consistent, Simple Human Interface" concept.

[The Westerner]

That simple interface was what sold people on Apple.

My iPhone is so complex that I feel lost at times going through settings to do something I’ve done before but can’t remember which word to click on. It’s tempting to go back to a flip phone that isn’t so complicated to use.

[pigsmith]

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