At 06:56 AM 6/13/2005, MARC SIMS typed:
Yes searching for files on your PC is a real nightmare but it doesn't have
to be that way I usually store all of my downloaded files in one place
C:\My Documents And Settings\Downloads and my personal documents in C:\My
Documents and Settings\ which is encrypted for security's sake of course
;). This way I wont have to hunt down that file that I've would have to
find bacuse I'll always know exactly where it is.
Why not just "My Documents" like 98 uses ? For that matter it could be just
"MyDocs" or "Docs". This forcing multi-user & networking on people that
could care less is ludicrous. MSFT doesn't need something as stupid as Bob
but they also don't need anything any more complex then necessary for the
home luser. They ought to have a stand alone version, and a multi-user
networkable version of their OS. It's more than apparent that MSFT does NOT
subscribe to the KISS principle. Heck even today it doesn't bother me if
somebody wants to put 98se on their system as opposed to anything else as
it has always been very stable & most apps that come out today are
compatible with the exception of Office 2k3 which most lusers don't care as
Office 2k2 [I mean XP (another fubar in naming if you ask me)] is more than
sufficient. Heck most lusers could use Open Office for what they need an
Office app for & IMNSHO MSFT has abandoned the individual in favor of
corporations. (I was going to write Corporate America but there ain't no
such thing any more).
The MSN Desktop search bar is there for people who still have no idea of
where they place their files and how to search for them. Microsoft
claims that this serach tool will make it easier (which can be debated in
itself) but I think not becuase it only adds another layer on top of both
IE and Windows XP which they in fact both have built-in search tools
already there in place.
Again they've screwed up again. I tell everyone that I know to turn
"indexing" off in XP as it slows things down yet that is the same tech idea
that MSN Desktop Search uses. Then when one goes to uninstall the POS it
forces you to reboot & doesn't even give the user a choice just like the
fact that one can NOT turn off the MSN Search & use only the tabbed
browsing part but rather you are forced to use both. Don't they know that
screen real estate is too valuable? Heck I have my address bar on the same
line as the menu & small logo to save space now.
FWIW the more I use FireFox the more I like it & can see why IE may
actually be in real trouble this time not that MSFT has rested on it's
laurels too long or anything. ;-)
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
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