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I reject the idea that we should have to log on to our own computers just to use them, but there are things we should need a password to access. Giving us access to that kind of graduated security should be part of the operating systems, and maybe it already is. If it is, we could document that, and that documentation would be a product. And, if it hasn't already been done, making that feature available, that would be a product.

It's my contention that our computers should record everything we do with them, or on them. My premise is that our entire experience with a computer is basically a movie that plays out on the screen - a movie that, today, is simply not recorded. A product, then, would be software - essentially, an operating system - that records that movie.

Would we actually be able to make use of such a movie? After all, it might be a very long movie, and difficult or impossible to review. The solution is to build into the software something like a video editor, that can display a movie as a series of stills, which we can edit, and use to access the particular parts of the movie we are interested in at any given moment.

It's hardly unusual for us to watch movies on our computers, as it is, and, as a matter of fact, I think our experience with computing would be considerably enhanced if we could display, say, YouTube videos, too, as a series of stills, editable, anotatable ...

Finally, our experience with computers would be greatly enhanced if screensharing capabilities were simply a default feature. Why should computing be a solitary experience? If I'm doing something fun or interesting on my computer, it should be the easiest thing in the world to broadcast what I'm looking at to your screen.