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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It's not just the shortcut thing. It's the way things one user does influence other users on the system. If I install software as root on a linux system, it becomes available for all users as well, so that's not such a weird thing. But I have used windows systems at quite a few different companies (part of my trade - management consultant, so I work in many different companies) and everytime I'm amazed by the differences between different physical computers. No two computers behave the same, even if I log in with my own user account. Things like the standard search provider in Internet Explorer - or even the standard browser - I have to set it every time I work on another pc. I get weird, new icons in the systray, different toolbars in IE, language settings and shortcuts change all the time. WTF. Separate user accounts? Hell, no. It's a big mess.
This bites hardest with flexible workplaces (as is the case in the company I work at right now). PPL want to sit at the same place because at least their computer doesn't change behavior all the time. Kind'off defeats the whole idea of flexibility...
Ook als je langer kijkt dan je neusje lang is blijkt dat het een rotzooi is