Re: stupid windows!


"George Graves" <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <at5e72935svnl7idb7jldpj8msn61tvgfv@xxxxxxx>,
Stuart Krivis <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I decided to look at VB 2005 Express, so I started installing it. I
let it run in the background while I was replying to some e-mails.

I'm typing away and suddenly a box flashes up and then disappears.
Next thing I know, my computer is shutting down.

It seems that the installer popped up a box that asked me if I wanted
to restart. My typing must have included an enter or something at the
right point and bingo, I'm shutting down.

While I'm typing this article, I've twice had things pop up and
suddenly I'm not typing in my newsreader anymore. (It was the firewall
software asking if the VB setup could do things.)

Now that I think about it, this has been a problem with Windows all
along. What kind of idiot would design a UI where it's common practice
to allow things to steal focus?

If I'm working in one window, or area, I damn sure don't want some
other thing just deciding that I really want to be doing something
else. (Although this seems to be common behavior for Windows where
you're doing something like browsing the web and the OS decides to
download a RAT for you. :-)

One of my major complaints about Windows has always been that it gets in
the user's way too much. It seems to be always popping up cryptic and
even meaningless dialog boxes while one is trying to work.

Yea "Do you wish to restart your computer now?" and two buttons, one
marked "yes" and one marked "no". That's really cryptic to me, how bout you?

This is one
thing that they really should fix. Unfortunately, when you're Microsoft
and have 95%+ of the market, why fix anything? What are people going to
do, install another OS? That's not likely and M$ KNOWS that.


The only "fix" for this is called the RTFM fix. To those Mac users who
don't understand, RTMF means READ THE FUCKING MANUAL. Now I'm sure that the
program he bought came with a manual with installation instructions. My
software does. It clearly says that installing may require a restart. Now I
don't know about his program but maybe VB does say that. I wonder if the OP
will inlighten us. Does the software he bought come with instructions that
say it may require a restart?

John


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