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I've been around computers for many years now probably about 20 and have used scanners for probably 15 of those years and what has changed.
Very little if anything.
The reason for this rant is two fold. Firstly I am at the end of a scanning marathon, I finally got the cameras we had on the tables at our wedding developed and wanted to scan the pictures. 17 films x 26 exposures = lots of scanning, I have been scanning the negatives so can do that 4 at a time. This wouldn't be too bad if I could set the sanner going to do a set and carry on with something worth while. oh no. The scanner software (i presume the TWAIN interface bit) pops up and takes focus almost every tick of the progress bar. This means you can't do anything else, because this thing keeps popping up and getting in the way.
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