On 19/06/06 02:24 +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Sunday 18 June 2006 18:30, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > > Why would you want to change file associations? > > "Why" is a very irrelevant question.
You assume a certain pattern of usage that comes from the Windows world. Regular Mac users would have different usage patterns. > > > > ( Paint brush kicks Kpaints a$$ ). What if the child wants to > > > install a flash plugin? Firefox has issues installing plugins on my > > > FC5 system. > > > > And why would you want a _user_ installing anything? Please do not > > conflate administrative issues with use issues. > > Right, so a regular user can't install a simple plugin lest a sysadmin > comes running and does it for him? LOL > Are we arguing about _use_, or about _administration_? Those are two entirely different issues, and warrant different threads. > > Oh, and not all of us use bloatware. For one thing, I dislike the XP > > UI (and Mac OS X is cumbersome to use). You keep forgetting that all > > these are learned things. > > Excuse me for having an opinion but KDE / GNOME are not light at all > either. > You mentioned KDE and GNOME in terms of UI, and I happened to agree with you that they suck. On rereading what I wrote, I realise that this was unclear from the context, and I apologise for the confusion. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
