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-Phil Clemence
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I just noticed how pretty Vista is.
I just noticed that Vista sucks ass.
I figure that is the best way to start in this group so that everyone knows
where I stand.
I will pick on Vista. I will defend what seems reasonable and condemn
idiocy.
MVP means nothing to me - I have seen all types with MVP sigs.
All that matters is honesty and fairness.
A little defensiveness is fine, as there are many who condemn the good along
with the bad, the simple bug or oversight along with the lack of common
sense. A little ranting is fine, as there are many who defend the
indefensible as well as what should be defended.
I bough an HP with Vista Premium preinstalled.
Vista looks nice...
Hmmm I set the Menu to 'classic' for the time being to facilitate faster
browsing and familiarization, but the Vista style is smooth and cool , with
the arrow to switch between ALL PROGRAMS and shortcuts, the nice doo-dads
(Sidebar goodies), etc ...
A little fiddling to set up file sharing (4 computers on router = 2 XP , my
Vista and co-workers laptop Vista)
Did a migrate from my old XP, but it was a 5 years old , and got too many
duplicate and crossed settings, etc.
Well, I have had a thousand programs on and off that poor thing , so ...
heheheh.
Did a restore with HP factory image .. ahh.. clean start again
(I will do
that again to set this up for another user, when my new XP is here (I want a
motherboard with room to add stuff, and a mature OS compatible with some
older stuff).
I have checked out basic stuff, connected network printers, explored and
checked out some admin stuff.
A little confusing looking for things unless I choose "classic" views in
some places, (as I do in XP) but the future user won't care about that
stuff.
The grouping is pretty logical - I am just used to alpha numeric
organization ;-)
A couple of things bother me. They do not prevent me from doing anything,
but may prove to be indications of annoying things in my future Vista
experience.
1) When I copy, move or delete a folder, the window shows how many files are
being moved and where they are being moved from and to, but there is nothing
saying what folder is being manipulated. NO EXCUSE for that, in MY opinion.
It is evidence of Rain Man type thinking ;-)
2) My biggest worry (possible indication of similar thinking in design) is
the setup for Windows Media Center. It is the worst I have ever seen (I have
used about 100 different media players over the years, starting with Win95)
Rain Man thinking is one thing, and I can forgive that - it is to be
expected to some degree from programmers and most seems to get caught on the
way out the door, but the sort of thinking behind Media Center in NOT to be
forgiven. THE SETUP INTERFACE IS TOTAL CRAP.
They threw common sense and function to the side and created some
"experience". THAT SHOULD NEVER BE DONE DURING THE SETUP OF ANY PROGRAM. The
fact that there is no fully viewable menu (tabbed if need be) indicates that
whoever (whatever group) decided to create the "experience" do not have the
best interest of users in mind. THAT is very bad.
More to come, as I work with this - yes I know about many of the problems
others have had and have done some research to speed up my familiarization,
but I won't post what I happen to have seen already. This is just for
venting and possibly discussion. We have all been warned.
For each rant I will try to say something nice, too. It is up to Vista to
give me the nice to relate...
I continue to play with this and will have more complaints, as an OS
deserves ;-)
Annoyances are NOT bugs, and impatience does NOT mean it is broken.
Go slow - never expect an old habit to be comfortable with a new OS, and
never expect a new OS to run old programs ( I tested two the future user
will want - they seem fine). Patience grasshoppers.
It shore is purty!
--
- Phil Clemence
I just noticed that Vista sucks ass.
I figure that is the best way to start in this group so that everyone knows
where I stand.
I will pick on Vista. I will defend what seems reasonable and condemn
idiocy.
MVP means nothing to me - I have seen all types with MVP sigs.
All that matters is honesty and fairness.
A little defensiveness is fine, as there are many who condemn the good along
with the bad, the simple bug or oversight along with the lack of common
sense. A little ranting is fine, as there are many who defend the
indefensible as well as what should be defended.
I bough an HP with Vista Premium preinstalled.
Vista looks nice...
Hmmm I set the Menu to 'classic' for the time being to facilitate faster
browsing and familiarization, but the Vista style is smooth and cool , with
the arrow to switch between ALL PROGRAMS and shortcuts, the nice doo-dads
(Sidebar goodies), etc ...
A little fiddling to set up file sharing (4 computers on router = 2 XP , my
Vista and co-workers laptop Vista)
Did a migrate from my old XP, but it was a 5 years old , and got too many
duplicate and crossed settings, etc.
Well, I have had a thousand programs on and off that poor thing , so ...
heheheh.
Did a restore with HP factory image .. ahh.. clean start again
(I will do that again to set this up for another user, when my new XP is here (I want a
motherboard with room to add stuff, and a mature OS compatible with some
older stuff).
I have checked out basic stuff, connected network printers, explored and
checked out some admin stuff.
A little confusing looking for things unless I choose "classic" views in
some places, (as I do in XP) but the future user won't care about that
stuff.
The grouping is pretty logical - I am just used to alpha numeric
organization ;-)
A couple of things bother me. They do not prevent me from doing anything,
but may prove to be indications of annoying things in my future Vista
experience.
1) When I copy, move or delete a folder, the window shows how many files are
being moved and where they are being moved from and to, but there is nothing
saying what folder is being manipulated. NO EXCUSE for that, in MY opinion.
It is evidence of Rain Man type thinking ;-)
2) My biggest worry (possible indication of similar thinking in design) is
the setup for Windows Media Center. It is the worst I have ever seen (I have
used about 100 different media players over the years, starting with Win95)
Rain Man thinking is one thing, and I can forgive that - it is to be
expected to some degree from programmers and most seems to get caught on the
way out the door, but the sort of thinking behind Media Center in NOT to be
forgiven. THE SETUP INTERFACE IS TOTAL CRAP.
They threw common sense and function to the side and created some
"experience". THAT SHOULD NEVER BE DONE DURING THE SETUP OF ANY PROGRAM. The
fact that there is no fully viewable menu (tabbed if need be) indicates that
whoever (whatever group) decided to create the "experience" do not have the
best interest of users in mind. THAT is very bad.
More to come, as I work with this - yes I know about many of the problems
others have had and have done some research to speed up my familiarization,
but I won't post what I happen to have seen already. This is just for
venting and possibly discussion. We have all been warned.
For each rant I will try to say something nice, too. It is up to Vista to
give me the nice to relate...
I continue to play with this and will have more complaints, as an OS
deserves ;-)
Annoyances are NOT bugs, and impatience does NOT mean it is broken.
Go slow - never expect an old habit to be comfortable with a new OS, and
never expect a new OS to run old programs ( I tested two the future user
will want - they seem fine). Patience grasshoppers.
It shore is purty!
--
- Phil Clemence