2. Do We Really Have to Save It?

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/07/microsoft_office_2013_and_the_save_button_come_on_computers_are_smart_enough_to_preserve_everything_i_type_without_me_hitting_a_stupid_disk_icon_.html

          Farhad Manjoo, the author of the article, starts out the article by presenting one of his own experiences using Microsoft Word 2013. The author states that although it being just a simple, free trial version of the software and seems to be better than other versions, there is still a big problem, or bug, which is the save button. Manjoo clearly states his opinion: "computers are smart enough to be able to figure out pretty much everything on their own" - in other words, computers should be able to save things without us clicking on the annoying save button every single time. The author then presents a number of different rhetorical questions, which all lead to one conclusion: Microsoft Word and all other softwares should simply get rid of the save button and acknowledge the fact that it is completely useless. The author tries to persuade the reader to believe that computers are actually really smart; they know when to save battery life by lowering brightness, they ask to name files, and they even automatically join wireless networks. The author then goes on to give the reader some information on softwares and saving files; clicking on the save button is actually taking the file from the computer's temporary storage to permanent "memory." The author emphasizes the fact that we are in 2012 and clicking the save button is ridiculous; he wants everything to be saved automatically unless we ask not to.
         The author uses a first person in this article primarily to present a personal experience of using softwares like Microsoft Word and emphasize the save button's uselessness and the need for its complete deletion. The author mentions that the save button is nothing but a unimportant bug which has no functionality whatsoever. Farhad Manjoo then presents a series of rhetorical questions to emphasize the fact that computers   are very much technological and therefore the save button should be deleted from all softwares and instead establish a auto-save system. Manjoo concludes by saying that we are all in a technological Golden Age where the save button is useless and should be deleted. The author uses a ironic yet frustrated tone when approaching the fact that even the newest Microsoft Word 2013 software still has the "traditional" save button. The author clearly supports his views in which softwares should get rid of useless save buttons and instead impose a auto - save system because a) computers are smart enough to know that we want things saved automatically and b) the save button is simply unnecessary.