From: "Geo." 

Ok fine so there is no convincing you but I think you are just hung-up on
the choice names I picked. How about this, once a user has configured all
these things how they like them, allow them to save all these preferences
folders/search/menus/gadgets/power/extensions/wallpaper/ie
zones/windowsupdate/etc etc to a preference file that can easily be
uploaded to a website much like trillian skins. Make it a very powerful
feature that saves all the stuff that users consider preference settings
without having to be a programmer. Expand on the themes idea.

Error message that is not informative, unplug your network cable and hit
send/receive in windows mail.

The host 'mail.getinfo.org' could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly.
 Account: 'Abuse', Server: 'mail.getinfo.org', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

I've been using this account for 10 years, the server name is most
definitely entered correctly, you just caused 20,000 users to screw up
their email settings because sbc's dsl service went down for 5 minutes or
because the users' domain has expired or their dns server is down or any of
a hundred other reasons none of which has to do with the server name being
entered correctly. Don't suggest a fix without determining the cause. What
does "could not be found" mean? Did dns timeout, did they get
nxdomain, did they get a response of 127.0.0.1, what was the error?

If I do the same thing with IE7, unplug the network and try to go to a
valid website, it correctly determines the problem and the solution. Nice.
Same if I try to go to a site that doesn't exist like www.nthelp2.com it
tells them the domain doesn't exist, nice again.

Also, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D means nothing
http://www.nthelp.com/50/Outlook_error_codes.htm can't we included the real
message in the help files and bring that up instead of the number? Or at
least make the number a link to this page on the MS web site? (not that
that would help if the network were down)

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45a9b833{at}w3.nls.net...
   My point is that I am an expert user.  I don't think even you would argue
otherwise.  Yet, despite that I use almost all defaults.  I would describe
this as appropriate for a typical user not a newbie, ordinary user, or
other classification, simply typical user.

   Selecting more appropriate views for folders with pictures is a good
thing.  I was very happy when this was introduced in Windows XP as it shows
me more what I want to see.  As for displaying it the same as last time,
this is the case unless you have chosen the option to not save view
settings for each folder.

   Everyone gets informative error messages.  Do you have specific examples
where you believe a "newbie" does not?  As for experts not liking
the system to fix itself, as an expert I have to disagree.  I want anything
that can be fixed automatically to be fixed automatically.  I want this
logged and in some cases I might want a notification in the tray, of the
type that you whined earlier that you don't like.  If your personal
preferences differ you can configure things your way on the systems you
control.  I can almost guarantee that what you think I want as an expert is
not what I want.

Rich

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