you're right it not but its probably the biggest one. i cant get my mom off aol but at least i got her using firefox
my biggest puter prob of course is with m$ and even though they now have the installs set to no doesnt do much good. my biggest problem from day 1 with xp is that i have all the auto updates set to off but it still tries then updates then craps out my whole comp i now have 3 hard drives and a dvd burner that run every few hours backing up my essentials because my xp craps out so much and all i get from m$ is well thats to bad, i guess u got a bad copy, go buy another 1. (from day1 they didnt care) so now i have bitched so much to and about them i cant even get updates from their site, which im thinking is a very good thing indeed! thats some of the reason why m$ always gets my 2 finger salute <^>(*_*)<^> its also nice to know that billybob uses my money to employ several divisions of ppl and HIS very own programs just to filter his 5 million pieces of spam mail a day. Maybe if m$ had a decent web host he could get another email addy! Nice to know where their priorities lie btw~ i have been sending everyone this link and putting it in my email footers http://browsehappy.com/ ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:45:13 -0400 >> and the couple of firefox security updates that they put out (and very >> quickly) were do to the crappy os (xp) not the browser >> >> the other big PITA is all the crap AOL installs even when u tell it >> NOT to, i swear they are owned by m$ (like weatherbug), not to mention >> all thier popups that install crap with telling. Personally, AOL users >> get so used to just clicking yes to get the damn screens to go away >> that they do it for everything > >This is hardly specific to AOL users. "Default Button Blindness" is a huge >problem in usabilty. It tends to affect advanced users much more often than >newbies (who tend to carefully read dialog boxes). > >(As a geek haven't you even supplied phone support to a person who insists on >reading every word of all the dialogs as you're repeating, like a mantra, >"just click OK!") > >It's really interesting from a human-factors point of view and truly needs to >be considered when designing software. Most often it's ignored however. > >This is actually one of the biggest benefits to XP SP2: the installation >routine FINALLY defaults to "no, don't install" rather than "OKay". Yes, this >is a slight issue with interface standards (which say that "OKay" should be >the default) but helps immensly to prevent unwanted clicks. > >The old paradigm of "always to default to OK" is changing (for the better) to >"always default to the least destructive option". This is actually annoying >advanced users who can be heard yelling "Yes, delete! I said delete, damn >you!" ;^) > >Yes, there are a lot of technical solutions offered in the service pack as >well, but I feel that the interface improvements are where the real win is. >The alert bar; the new acceptance dialog; the ability to (FINALLY!) say "never >install this damn thing" and so forth. > >These are not technical changes or hardening: they're simply changes in the >way the same old capabilities are shown to the user and have made worlds of >difference. > >As a set they're definately similar to other groundbreaking enhancements like >IE's "Go" button, Win95's "Start" button and the Apple Key. > >OKay - Human Factors advocacy hat off. ;^) > >Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186343 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
