Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Oct 2008 21:46 UTC
The Engineering 7 blog continues its trend of detailing the real issues that people deal with when it comes to Windows. We have already covered their insights, usage data, and mea culpas concerning the taskbar, as well as their musings on window management. The latest entry on the E7 blog deals with a controversial Windows issue: User Account Control. The usage data has some interesting results, to say the least.
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RE[5]: What is wrong with UAC?
by superstoned on Sat 11th Oct 2008 08:16
in reply to "RE[4]: What is wrong with UAC?"
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With just two users it won't bite that hard. But see my comment to Thom - in a corporate environment, it's messy. Very messy. At least XP does a horrible job at clearly separating the useraccounts. I've heard Vista does a better job at it - but then again, imho it's a fundamental design issue if this CAN go wrong at all.
The whole multi-user thing feels like the result of spaghetti code to me. Some things change, others don't, it's not consistent. But then again, multi-user is rather new to MS, and windows wasn't designed for it - apparently. Just like it still sucks at multitasking.
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"The fact there is anything like a 'global desktop icon' is utter and insane bullshit. The people who made windows able to handle multiple users should be put to a wall and shot. It's simply the most horrible implementation of a multi-user OS one can imagine."
Care to explain your position? My wife and I use both our laptop and desktop with two separate accounts. We love fast user switching, and have had no problems with our separate user accounts. Perhaps you could back up your bluster with some facts?