[from the Mac slogan The computer for the rest of us
]
1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products.
2. Describes a program with a limited interface, deliberately
limited capabilities, non-orthogonality, inability to compose primitives,
or any other limitation designed to not ‘confuse’ a naive user.
This places an upper bound on how far that user can go before the program
begins to get in the way of the task instead of helping accomplish it.
Used in reference to Macintosh software which doesn't provide obvious
capabilities because it is thought that the poor lusers might not be able
to handle them. Becomes ‘the rest of
them’ when used in third-party reference; thus,
Yes, it is an attractive program, but it's designed for The Rest Of
Them
means a program that superficially looks neat but has no depth
beyond the surface flash. See also WIMP environment, Macintrash,
point-and-drool interface,
user-friendly.