View statement by Punchcut ...chief criticism is that the UI still relies on a persistent overlay...

We will eventually be forced to rethink how humans interact with electronic content and how it is served up. Instead of copying (relying on) archaic methods and using canned/regurgitated user interface experiences, we will have to commit to a new way of thinking and learn from our past.

The frustration and lack of understanding technology goes back to the days of the VCR, a classic example of a user interface that made rocket scientists feel mentally inferior. Getting in the way of humans doing a basic task such as recording a show

not being able to figure out how to set the VCR in order to record a show is a classic example that will last throughout the ages, and will never invoke feelings of nostalgia in my eyes

is a failed experiment that in the end only created more grief than payoff.