Interesting. I had always been a person A but perhaps I should reconsider that.
However, do we know for sure that the credit card company sends the information to the credit agencies at the end of our billing cycle? The page you linked only says they do it every 30 days, but your logic seems to imply they send it at the end of the billing cycle. I wonder if there is any way to tell..
MS never promised that every single device on the planet would "just work." You (or the news reporting service you read) mis-understood the "devices just work" project if that's what you believe.
Over 60,000 devices are planned to have inbox drivers (on the CD) upon shipping Vista, and many more will be available through Windows Update. These were hand-picked based on real-world usage data to try and cover the devices with the highest market share.
What you're asking for is exactly what Vista does - move drivers from kernel-mode (where a crash causes a bluescreen) to user-mode (where a crash is recoverable). See UMDF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMDF
Of course, it will take a while for OEMs to adopt the new style.
The default configuration should be designed for what will please the majority of users. Then, there should be configuration options so that the minorities can have it their way too.
Your comment is true: Interfaces that need configuration to work are badly designed interfaces.
However, obviously, asking for a confirmation on file delete still *works*, it's just not your personal preference (you prefer to delete first and undo after). Which is fine, but you're the minority. You'll have to check a box to make Windows act this way.
While your view is correct, there are some reasons why a confirmation-on-delete can still be beneficial, especially for novice users.
Say a novice user (think grandma) is trying to click on Rename and accidently hits delete without evening noticing that delete was an option. If the shortcut disappears, they would be thoroughly confused. They would not know to look in the recycle bin.
Also, remember, this confirmation *can* be turned off in Vista (just like in XP.) So, you can have it the way you like it if you decide to use Vista. However, I support the decision to default this feature to on.
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Interesting. I had always been a person A but perhaps I should reconsider that.
However, do we know for sure that the credit card company sends the information to the credit agencies at the end of our billing cycle? The page you linked only says they do it every 30 days, but your logic seems to imply they send it at the end of the billing cycle. I wonder if there is any way to tell..
MS never promised that every single device on the planet would "just work." You (or the news reporting service you read) mis-understood the "devices just work" project if that's what you believe.
Over 60,000 devices are planned to have inbox drivers (on the CD) upon shipping Vista, and many more will be available through Windows Update. These were hand-picked based on real-world usage data to try and cover the devices with the highest market share.
What you're asking for is exactly what Vista does - move drivers from kernel-mode (where a crash causes a bluescreen) to user-mode (where a crash is recoverable). See UMDF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMDF
Of course, it will take a while for OEMs to adopt the new style.
The default configuration should be designed for what will please the majority of users. Then, there should be configuration options so that the minorities can have it their way too.
Your comment is true: Interfaces that need configuration to work are badly designed interfaces.
However, obviously, asking for a confirmation on file delete still *works*, it's just not your personal preference (you prefer to delete first and undo after). Which is fine, but you're the minority. You'll have to check a box to make Windows act this way.
While your view is correct, there are some reasons why a confirmation-on-delete can still be beneficial, especially for novice users.
Say a novice user (think grandma) is trying to click on Rename and accidently hits delete without evening noticing that delete was an option. If the shortcut disappears, they would be thoroughly confused. They would not know to look in the recycle bin.
Also, remember, this confirmation *can* be turned off in Vista (just like in XP.) So, you can have it the way you like it if you decide to use Vista. However, I support the decision to default this feature to on.