"The V12 UI is a stinking incomprehensible abomination." Yep, it's the real Greg Keogh :)
On 24 March 2011 21:24, Noon Silk <noonsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Weird, this post didn't start with "Folks"; I'm not even sure this is > the real Greg Keogh ... > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > > Another thing I lost when upgrading my domain was my several hundred > rated > > songs in Media Play (V9 or V10, I can’t remember). I rated the songs over > a > > period of two years or so. In the old player there was a Ratings tree > node > > that open out to 1,2,3,4,5 stars with lists inside. > > > > I found the old WMDB file on my old hard drive. I renamed the current one > > buried deep under the Users folder and tried to trick the player into > using > > the old one with the same name. WMP V12 opens up empty, and the UI has > > changed utterly, leaving me hopelessly bumbling around in it trying to > > figure out why the library navigation tree is tiny and where all the > files > > are. I know it’s an attempted hack, but it fails confusingly and utterly. > > The V12 UI is a stinking incomprehensible abomination. > > > > This is just another misery I add to my whiteboard which contains a > growing > > list of complete f**k ups following the domain changeover. I have ISAPI > > filters broken; domain groups being ignored; NTFS permission problems; > > application settings reset to defaults; SQL Server authentication > problems; > > tedious recreation of ASP.NET apps; etc (and I’ve not even listed the > misery > > my wife is having with dozens of her app settings being reset). > > > > In the last few days I’ve lost about 24 man-hours in unpaid time trying > to > > get our office network back to a productive state. Is this the future of > > computing? > > Nah, the future of computing is quantum! :) (well, that, or some > appropriate learnings from that applied to current computing; to be > more boring). > > > > I can’t see it getting any better. As each year passes and I > > upgrade machines and networks, the apocalyptic tangle of versions, > products, > > compatibility issues and inter-dependencies just gets worse and worse. > The > > Windows operating systems and all of the tools, products, kits, drivers, > > devices and options that hang off it have passed critical mass and I’m > > getting radiation burns. Surely I’m not alone. At least complaining makes > me > > feel better. > > > > Greg > > -- > Noon Silk > > http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ (Noon Silk) | http://www.mirios.com.au:8081> > > Fancy a quantum lunch? > http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy > of being this signature." >
