Windows gripes.
I think it's time for another windows gripes thread. Here's a good one:
On XP:
"You have hidden notifications. Click here to see them." If I have them hidden, why are you telling me about them? Don't you think that they are hidden for a reason? That reason would be because I want you to get the f'k out of my face!
On XP:
"You have hidden notifications. Click here to see them." If I have them hidden, why are you telling me about them? Don't you think that they are hidden for a reason? That reason would be because I want you to get the f'k out of my face!
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The fact that settings, preferences, options, tools, and whatever else are never in the same place from app to app and the shortcuts also change for every app.
The fact that XP's state ofthe art screen display makes my computer do the "big eraser" act with windows all the time.
The fact that many dialogs either from the system or from each app are modal thus locking me out of my own computer while spooling/printing or other such everyday and frequent tasks.
Apple I would say is far worse with problems with my experience than Windows XP.
I have to go to the stupid apple store once again to try to resolve these new problems.
Fellowship
i do prefer OS X though it seems more refined and the programs for it are far superior (in setup)
XP is really stable though, i mean just about as much so as OS X if not equal
but windows does restrict you alot, i absolutly HATE MSN ...or is it windows messenger, man o man that is annoying as hell and i shut it off and magically in a couple weeks it comes back on ands start poppping up again!
To get MSN Messenger to show up in Windows programs for the add/remove control panel (it's #2 in the list):
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...,550842,00.asp
To disable Messenger notification popups:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenge...ice_popups.htm
Originally posted by FellowshipChurch iBook
I think it is funny those who gripe about windows when neither OS XP or OSX is without their faults.
Relax a bit, this is just for fun.
More:
Those damn "personalized" menus. Thank God I figured out how to turn them off. Problem was, I got a new machine, and I had to learn how all over again.
Highlighting text is always a test of one's patience. "No, not the word, just those three letters. No, don't include the return carriage character. No, not the spaces on both sides of the word." Ad nauseum.
The selective and tempermental implementation of drag-n-drop. I actually dropped a shortcut into an e-mail that I sent to another person in my office, and Outlook (or our no-name virus protection) thought it was a virus. My IT guy scolded me for attaching the file this way because apparently the only way to reliably send attachments like this is to actually use the attach button or menu item and browse for the file.
Buttons bars just suck. Well, no, they don't, just the obnoxious proliferation of them sucks. I have seen more screens with about 4" diagonal reserved for actual content because people are given apps with so many button bars (let's not mention the waste of space docking them and they can't fit neatly on a line) that are on by default.
My most recent little pain in my tush: XP decided there was no audio device connected. Not too hard to fix in the end, but hey, this is something I prefer to take for granted.
keyboard shortcuts I think I mentioned before.
MDI. No excuse.
Paper clip characters ad nauseum: Office, searches, etc. Again, I've turned off the little bugger everywhere, but then I get a new computer and I have to remember how to...
When you type "appleinsider" into IE's address bar, instead of assuming it's http://www.appleinsider.com, then checking http://www.appleinsider.net and http://www.appleinsider.org, it throws the MSN search engine at you, and of course the obvious address is the first choice in the list. Waste of time and clicks. Just a big MSN ad in the middle of your browsing, and makes computers that much more complicted for people who shouldn't have to care about "http://"; whatnot. No wonder AOL with its keywords is so popular when the de facto browser can't do this.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
Had one with XP the other day where I had to select "no" on about 40 dialog boxes. No big deal, just click "no" forty times. Well every box that popped up moved my pointer over the "yes" button. Leave my mouse pointer alone you stupid OS!
I too hate the "Lets hide everything" mentality. When we first got Millenium in our office a couple of years back, it took us half an hour to figure out you had to click "Show Entire Contents" on the left to see what was in a folder. At first we thought Millenium couldn't do Network Neighborhood.
OS X just gets out of your way and lets you do things. Only gripe with X is: Give me a Finder contextual menu item for "Move item/items" that functions similar to "Cut". Maybe someday.
i deleted Windows Messenger
outlook express stopped working
internet explorer stopped working
-all those stopped working in the start menu-
so i open outlook express and guess what windows messenger opens up!
did i mention my book marks are gone?
Another problem with tabs is in Visual C++. The Options window is small, with one long row of tabs. You have to use arrow buttons to scroll sideways along the row of tabs.
Also, on my schools's Dell laptops, this keeps popping up at the bottom of the screen--
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