The new file dialog is terribly wonky at first, but actually works better after you get used to it. The path bar is seriously better, you just have to click on the right spots.
The biggie for me is sender verification (in postfix, probably in other MTA's too) - the MTA looks up the MX for the sending domain and basically says 'do you know who cheapviagra@foo.com is?'.
The problem with that is, for me, that I choose to send e-mail, using my non-ISP address, through my ISP's SMTP because it's a hell of a lot faster than using my web provider's SMTP.
Speak for yourself. I've been using Word for 15 years (on Mac and PC), and I personally think the ribbon interface is a nice change.
Yes, you initially have to take time to figure out where things are, but when you know it's quicker.
I might like to mention something else about all this bitching about "users having to learn a new interface" for Office 2007: Can I not use that same argument for not switching to Linux?
...or they could just import Daily Planet from Discovery Canada. It's been around for over a decade (with one rename), it's not Canada-centric, and it's actually *daily* (shock).
(But Americans don't like watching shows with funny accents...)
In any case, Luna was fugly (I used the silver one), and I installed that semi-official (signed) "Royale" theme when it found its way onto the web. Royale was so many times more refined than Luna it was ridiculous (and never officially released, either).
14. Hardware Vendor Support Tier-one and tier-two hardware vendors seem to be taking a slow approach to offering "Windows Vista Capable" systems.
If it was built in the last two years, it's probably "Vista Capable". A sticker does not enable some magic compatibility.
19. Installation Can take hours on some systems. Upgrades are even slower.
It took half an hour on my system. My system that is over 3 years old. (Which is a long time, by computer standards.)
20. HHD Hybrid Hard Drives. These are potentially a huge performance booster, but there's little information and support is available (even though should be available).
Uhh... an emerging technology that will boost performance is a shortcoming?
1) They're terrified of their peers breaking in and sabotaging their profiles. (I once got assaulted by a drunk girl I knew who thought I hacked her LiveJournal... which I didn't.)
2) They can't spell worth shit, due to netspeak, so typical dictionary approaches aren't going to work.
Also, you have to take into account the basic fact that younger people have grown up around computers, and understand the concept of passwords a bit better than your average middle-aged office worker.
"A Coronal Mass Ejection resulting from an X3 Solar Flare earlier today [CC] is forcing the ISS and Shuttle astronauts to take cover..."
I may be reading something wrong, or just may not know the exact details, but how exactly would the ISS "take cover"? Aside from the orbital path around the earth, there's little to hide under up there.
Your kids must have some weak composition. Me and my siblings read plenty of books, magazines, and comics with no sickness whatsoever... on 12 hour drives.
Teach them to fucking read. Honestly. A good, entertaining novel will last them days, and there's a place where you can even get them for FREE: the library.
Keeping them attached to the tube even in the car will turn them into even bigger spazzes who need a constant source of entertainment.
Also, what happened to the days of looking out the window and watching the scenery? I'm only 28... it's not that long ago.
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I felt the blue iMac was useless in 1998 because it had no means to store your data.
Well darn, they really should have put a hard drive inside that machine.
I can attest to that. NOD32 slowed my whole system to a crawl whenever I tried to do anything in iTunes... until I excluded the iTunes database files.
Sucks that we need AV so bad these days.
The new file dialog is terribly wonky at first, but actually works better after you get used to it. The path bar is seriously better, you just have to click on the right spots.
The biggie for me is sender verification (in postfix, probably in other MTA's too) - the MTA looks up the MX for the sending domain and basically says 'do you know who cheapviagra@foo.com is?'.
The problem with that is, for me, that I choose to send e-mail, using my non-ISP address, through my ISP's SMTP because it's a hell of a lot faster than using my web provider's SMTP.
Well, I guess I'm mistaken. But it's not hard to mistake after years of blowhards calling it "Government of the People".
"Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill..."
The sickly ironic part is "GOP" is supposed to stand for "Government of the People".
Speak for yourself. I've been using Word for 15 years (on Mac and PC), and I personally think the ribbon interface is a nice change.
Yes, you initially have to take time to figure out where things are, but when you know it's quicker.
I might like to mention something else about all this bitching about "users having to learn a new interface" for Office 2007: Can I not use that same argument for not switching to Linux?
We had a lab full of MDGs in high school about 10 years ago.
I always say that MDG stands for "Monkey-Designed Garbage".
...or they could just import Daily Planet from Discovery Canada. It's been around for over a decade (with one rename), it's not Canada-centric, and it's actually *daily* (shock).
(But Americans don't like watching shows with funny accents...)
Don't forget they also have to support non-IE browsers.
DAMN those people who use non-IE browsers, just making developers lives harder...
(Sarcasm, if you can't tell.)
I'll go back to the comment I made about television and newspapers last time this story hit Slashdot:
Does CBS bitch that NBC doesn't let it advertise its shows on NBC? (Or at the least, if CBS managed to, give its own properties prime ad spots?)
Does the Toronto Sun bitch that The Toronto Star doesn't put Sun advertisements in?
Honestly, a few weeks after covering E3 for a game site in 2000, a couple of porn DVDs arrived in my mailbox for "review".
It was... unexpected.
Duh. It doesn't take a nucular scientist to figure that out...
Exactly.
In any case, Luna was fugly (I used the silver one), and I installed that semi-official (signed) "Royale" theme when it found its way onto the web. Royale was so many times more refined than Luna it was ridiculous (and never officially released, either).
Most people did.
Who are these "most people"?
Only one person I know changed the XP interface back to Classic, and he's a cranky fellow.
32-bit architecture had been around for quite a while on desktops when Win95 came around, so people were aching for the opportunity to use it.
64-bit is still relatively new (for Intel-compatible desktops), and offers no major benefits at the moment.
It said "hardware vendors".
Last time I checked, software wasn't hardware.
Let me add to that from the second page:
14. Hardware Vendor Support
Tier-one and tier-two hardware vendors seem to be taking a slow approach to offering "Windows Vista Capable" systems.
If it was built in the last two years, it's probably "Vista Capable". A sticker does not enable some magic compatibility.
19. Installation
Can take hours on some systems. Upgrades are even slower.
It took half an hour on my system. My system that is over 3 years old. (Which is a long time, by computer standards.)
20. HHD
Hybrid Hard Drives. These are potentially a huge performance booster, but there's little information and support is available (even though should be available).
Uhh... an emerging technology that will boost performance is a shortcoming?
Best quote from the comments there:
"The strap is meant to prevent you from dropping it accidentally, not from attempting to THROW IT HARD ENOUGH TO RIP THROUGH TIME."
I figure there's two main reasons for this:
1) They're terrified of their peers breaking in and sabotaging their profiles. (I once got assaulted by a drunk girl I knew who thought I hacked her LiveJournal... which I didn't.)
2) They can't spell worth shit, due to netspeak, so typical dictionary approaches aren't going to work.
Also, you have to take into account the basic fact that younger people have grown up around computers, and understand the concept of passwords a bit better than your average middle-aged office worker.
"A Coronal Mass Ejection resulting from an X3 Solar Flare earlier today [CC] is forcing the ISS and Shuttle astronauts to take cover..."
I may be reading something wrong, or just may not know the exact details, but how exactly would the ISS "take cover"? Aside from the orbital path around the earth, there's little to hide under up there.
This has little to do with DRM, the rallying-call of OSS types. It's more about them biting-off more than they could chew.
Even a giant can choke on a cow.
Your kids must have some weak composition. Me and my siblings read plenty of books, magazines, and comics with no sickness whatsoever... on 12 hour drives.
Teach them to fucking read. Honestly. A good, entertaining novel will last them days, and there's a place where you can even get them for FREE: the library.
Keeping them attached to the tube even in the car will turn them into even bigger spazzes who need a constant source of entertainment.
Also, what happened to the days of looking out the window and watching the scenery? I'm only 28... it's not that long ago.
Do not taunt Happy Fun CD.
Wanring: Happy Fun CD may install a rootkit on your system if it feels threatened.