On Jan 1, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Malcolm Cadman wrote:QDT takes that approach by scanning the 'windrive' contents, so that it sets up a users system for them. It tries to take away all the 'pain' from the user !
Note that, even with the pre-scanning of the drive and other work that QDT does the install, the customer still has some responsibility to make sure that QDT picked the right things. I believe that Roy properly pointed out (haven't seen the final article yet - come on international mail :) ), it is possible for QDT to setup up an object that, if picked, can crash the system.
Yes, it is a good idea to help the customer get started but ultimately, the customer will need to do something on anything as helpful as LaunchPad or QDT if he wants to take advantage of it.
There are ways to do things better but at the cost of restricting what the user can ultimately do too, or missing out on things. Always tradeoffs.
Yes, you are faced with an existing system that has taken some divergent paths too. So you cannot force a new start on the users.
I believe that you have taken the right line in making QDT pick up what it can about a users system, and making a more convenient desktop environment.
The user will still have to 'tune' it up to their own specific needs.
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