In , on 08/11/05

   at 04:59 PM, "R. Geoffrey Newbury"  typed:

>>http://dw.com.com/redir?lop=redirTest&destcat=Alert&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews%2Ezdnet%2Ecom%2F2100-9588_22-5827627.html?tag=zdnn.alert

>And this is the government in action:

>You will note that you will need to deliver 6 copies of any comment, on
>paper..

It's not just the gummint....

I've spent more time than I like today fighting Windows problems (W2k and
XP) caused by a requirement (implicit or explicit) for IE.  First was with
PDF file that wouldn't render in either Acrordr 4 or Ghost, or Acrordr 4
in W2k.  Same thing on the W2k partition on my T23 which has Acro 5 rdr. 
Went to install Acrobat 6 (bloated it is) and the install kept failing.  I
was accessing the site through Mozilla.  Finally tried it with IE and it
worked (even set Mozilla to use Acrobat 6 for PDF files).

Then was called on to resolve a problem with MacAfee which had expired
after the initial free trip on a XP Dell machine.  User (a neophyte) was
unable to do the upgrade to a year's service.  So, walked through the
process.  Got to a certain point, and it said that I had to be using IE to
do the upgrade (when I set the machine up, I specified Mozilla as the
default browser, and the McA upgrade invokes a browser).

That product rates low in my book for user-friendliness, when it comes to
the upgrade/renewal process.  Several reboots required, confusing
instructions, etc.
 
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