Well then I clearly disagree. I just happened to be clicking around. There is no printer attached to this machine and I don't feel the need for it to print. I was just investigating the tool. If I can't investigate it because part of the tool is not installed, I'd rather be told that than have it just presume that it knows what's best for me. Tres Microsoft, I say. What if I was just bad with the mouse and meant to hit the item above or below printing and just lucked out and accidentally clicked it instead? Shouldn't I at least get a dialog asking me if I really want something new installed on my machine? I mean, if the answer is indeed yes, I will only ever be asked the question once, so it's not like it's a really big inconvenience to confirm that choice. And what if I'm on a dialup connection. The cups drivers are several megabytes in size. Is it right for it to just take off and start downloading files without a hello and how are you? I'd rather it ask me and make sure I'm ready to do that before it goes tying up my phone line for several hours. No, I stand by my statement. Software should never be installed without first some confirmation from the user. Eaon On 24 Apr 2001 01:54:47 -0400, Kyle Jacobs wrote: > I can't say it's presumptuous; the user is clearly attempting > to configure the Linux print system. If CUPS is not available, > it is clearly not installed, and the feature is useless. > > Rather than just "not working", or giving a cryptic error > message, the program intelligently requests the install sources > so that the feature in question CAN be installed. > > I for one, think its time for MORE presumptuous action on the > behalf of the operating system. > > > > > > > ---- On 22 Apr 2001 21:49:17, Eaon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > DrakConf-0.61-44mdk > > > > I'd never used the thing before, so I was just clicking > around randomly > > checking stuff out. When I clicked on Printing, it suddenly > kicked off > > and installed the cups RPMs. Everything else that I clicked > on that I > > had never used before just had a "You haven't used this > before. Click > > the Configure button to set it up" message (and matching > Configure > > button). Why does printing go and install stuff without > asking first? > > Rather presumptuous, wouldn't you say? > > > > Eaon > > > > > > > > > >
