From: "Robert Comer" 

> You have to learn to vary your ways of operating your tool. This always
> takes a while.

If you have to, then it begs the question "is it worth it when
something else is closer to the way I want it."

> I prefer the look of XP, but I may have turned it 'down' slightly. I do
like
> the empty desktop and the new style 'start' menu.

That's what I totally dislike about it.  I like icons on the desktop and
that new style start menu is totally unpalatable.

- Bob Comer


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3dceca8a{at}w3.nls.net...
> You have to learn to vary your ways of operating your tool. This always
> takes a while.
>
> I prefer the look of XP, but I may have turned it 'down' slightly. I do
like
> the empty desktop and the new style 'start' menu.
>
> Paul
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3dceb61b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > If the tool now allows you do the same things in a better way, would
> > > accommodating that be acceptable? There's only one way to find out.
> >
> > You wouldn't have to accommodate it if it did the same things better...
> > It's arguable whether XP does much better than W2K -- it sure seems like
> > they made it harder to admin, recover from disaster, and they made it
UGLY
> > by default.)
> >
> > > FWIW I've been finding modern Unix extremely frustrating. I'm almost
> > happier
> > > at the raw console where I can operate reflexively. Accommodating XP
is
> > very
> > > low impact itself by comparison with any of the X desktops.
> >
> > I agree 100%, I've never been wild about any UNIX variant -- it seems
> > obscurity is valued highly in UNIX circles, but there's one thing at
least
> > Linux has over XP -- it's WAY lower cost up front makes it a lot easier
to
> > want to accommodate it than XP.
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> > news:3dce8c40$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > If the tool now allows you do the same things in a better way, would
> > > accommodating that be acceptable? There's only one way to find out.
> > >
> > > FWIW I've been finding modern Unix extremely frustrating. I'm almost
> > happier
> > > at the raw console where I can operate reflexively. Accommodating XP
is
> > very
> > > low impact itself by comparison with any of the X desktops.
> > >
> > >  Paul
> > >
> > > "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> > > news:sgvssu8hn475778ecau1mjv4bb44ea6d4e{at}4ax.com...
> > > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:07:44 -0000, "Paul
Ranson" 
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I think it's quite possible to reach an
accommodation with XP...
> > > >
> > > > I remain to be convinced that I have to accomodate my
computer.  The
> > > > computer is my tool, not vice versa.
> > > >
> > > >  /m
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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