-- Wizards for the lame, and straight forward for us techs?
Don't you think it would be better if they wrote straight forward apps for everyone so you didn't need wizards in the first place?
No, thats why linux isn't yet the primary desktop (though quickly gaining), too many variables. It's getting closer to that best of both worlds option though.
Wizards have their place with those that aren't technical specialists, and those that don't have time to mess with it.
While I do agree with the parent of this thread that it would be nice for Windows to support a straight forward options for the techs, being a support tech myself, they're not marketing their product on that ability, it's all about "ease of use".
Your average linux users use linux because they want to know exactly what its doing, the average Windows user use it because it works and they don't always have to know all the little details that go into making it work, "It just works."
While not exactly the best answer, it's what it boils down to. For instance, I can see where wizards are a great benfit to alot of small businesses that don't have a dedicated IT staff and don't have the added funds/want to pay the outragous cost (depending on where you're at) of outsourcing, so someone gets voted the "inhouse IT person" because he or she is willing to take the time to figure it out. In general, they just want it to work with the most minimal amount of their time spent doing it.
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-- Wizards for the lame, and straight forward for us techs?
Don't you think it would be better if they wrote straight forward apps for everyone so you didn't need wizards in the first place?
No, thats why linux isn't yet the primary desktop (though quickly gaining), too many variables. It's getting closer to that best of both worlds option though.
Wizards have their place with those that aren't technical specialists, and those that don't have time to mess with it.
While I do agree with the parent of this thread that it would be nice for Windows to support a straight forward options for the techs, being a support tech myself, they're not marketing their product on that ability, it's all about "ease of use".
Your average linux users use linux because they want to know exactly what its doing, the average Windows user use it because it works and they don't always have to know all the little details that go into making it work, "It just works."
While not exactly the best answer, it's what it boils down to. For instance, I can see where wizards are a great benfit to alot of small businesses that don't have a dedicated IT staff and don't have the added funds/want to pay the outragous cost (depending on where you're at) of outsourcing, so someone gets voted the "inhouse IT person" because he or she is willing to take the time to figure it out. In general, they just want it to work with the most minimal amount of their time spent doing it.