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Just like a dog...

when you come home, it'll be in the same place, each and every time! A cat, on the other hand, you never know where its gonna be and you have to search and search till you find him!

What do I mean by this?

Ask yourself these questions:
1. Add/Remove Programs has been called Add/Remove Programs since Windows 3.1 (maybe even 3.0) In Vista, whats it called? Yes, its a cat.. it moved.. its now Programs and Features. Took me a while to find that because I was stuborn and didn't want to go past the "A"s Does this make me lazy or bad? No. I just expected it to be where it should be!

2. Ever try changing the file extension assoications in Vista? Im not on a Vista machine but its not where its been at since Windows 95. It used to be under Folder Options. It now has its own icon in control panel!

3. What about changing display properties or a screen saver!? I miss my dog; I now have to click two times instead of one! Why did Microsoft move make it more time consuming for me and remove all the nice tabs that were in Display properties and keep only one? Vista is like a cat.. everything is moved around.

4. Not really a continuation, but sometimes these changes are for the better. We went from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 with a drastic GUI (and of course other technicalogical changes) I still used File Manager for the longest time before getting used to Windows Explorer. File Manager just seemed more efficient. What forced me stop using File Manager? When I finally got used to the idea of long filenames and I was tired of seeing the tilda as part of the filename.

Oh, I don't think Im that set in my ways; Im 29 and I adapt pretty easily. Just don't change things too drasticaly and give me a hint to where something has moved to.. Windows has had the idea of hyperlinks in its Operating System, why couldn't they tell me in various places in Vista that, "Opps, we've moved Add Remove Programs to Programs and Features.. Click here to go there now!" LOL

Okay, im done ranting.. But I am a dog person, when it comes to Windows. But in real life, Im a cat person.

Posted by: jollygreenguy@...   Posted on: 08/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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