At 01:32 PM 7/10/2006 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
> generally always try to set things to the Win2000 'approach'. But even
> then, the dialogs, their sequence, where the options are stored, has
> changed a whole lot. The main reason I know this is because over the past
> couple years I've helped users try to get their PC's working (mainly OS
and
> networking config stuff). They bought new machines - so it had XP - and I
> had Win2000. Helping them over the phone was pretty much a nightmare.
...
I see it more like switching between the various Latin rooted languages.
They are all similar but different. I can see you having a problem in
helping users in the newer GUI when you don't have one. If you did it
would have been a snap.
...
Hmm... So I suppose you'd agree that it would be better to pick a
"language" that doesn't change on a whim. That would certainly be the
logical choice. And, by the way, just updating to the new GUI would have
helped a little but not a lot. Like I said, MS moved stuff all over the
place (especially the networking stuff) - so it still wouldn't have been a
'snap' to find things and get 'em configured. Maybe after a couple weeks
learning curve it would have been about the same as under Win2000. But
that's the point: there should not have been any learning curve. I've only
been dabbling in Linux so far (clients haven't switched yet - some are
considering). In my experience, differing versions of Ubuntu, Mandrake, Red
Hat, Fedora (and their corresponding versions of KDE/Gnome) have all had
less of a learning curve than going from differing versions of Windows.
-Charlie
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