[GeoffB]

Give pogopower a break - it would seem that English is NOT his/her first language. I can understand what is being said. Pogopower probably doesn't have a copy of Word, set up in the English language.

I also agree with some of the thoughts expressed by pogopower.

[rgreen4]

We don't criticize punctuation or spelling here. What is important is the thought expressed by the member.

[DavidCox]

The sun rose 50 years ago on how to design far clearer,far more satisfying user instructions for software like their shady, shadowy Vista.

Text-form sentence instructions were outshone 50 years ago. Check the 1-page demo at http://www.flipp-explainers.org . It shows how to pattern chunks of content into self-connecting contiguous-logic paths -- even millions of them in a system -- without connecting mysterious words (if..then, not, always, uncertain, sometimes, etc.) without logic or math symbols; without arrows or connecting lines usually. The easily-traceable, contiguous logic now is known as children's logic -- the diagrams remind one of hopscotches that children draw on playgrounds.

The number of pages of user instructions is usually reduced by 90% yet users say they are far clearer. Translation among native languages becomes much easier. When Microsoft (or Sony, or HP, or Adobe,or IBM, etc.) understood that systems exist to change people, -- someone else's great words -- they might see that FLIPP Explainers fill the Bill -- like thinking that the users' manual for any system is to be completed and tested before any programming is begun or designed. Users don't operate systems. They operate user instructions.

The site also lists about 100 applications made; differences vs. other forms of Logic Representation; user comments; often-used patterns of contiguous logic. The site is a public service. Nothing is being sold. DJC 9/8/2008

[rfsmit]

ChuckEtheridge said "Just get the equipment that Microsoft recommends and I'll bet that your troubles will vanish."



You have an interesting perspective. Would the following disappear just given the recommended equipment?

* DRM tilt-switch
* random number generator possibly providing system access to US government officials
* ineffective UAC
Indeed, the biggest trouble most users face is the cost of buying the recommended equipment! Not to mention the environmental impact of discarded hardware.




Please try to engage in the debate, rather than just spouting nonsense.

[rfsmit]

If you want a laugh, take a look at David Cox's flipping awful Website. Particularly the examples: information grids drawn on paper, then photographed on a nylon carpet background. Regulars of thedailywtf.com will be reminded of the "wooden table"...



Best forum spam I've read in a long time!

[Naegea]

I purchased a new PC in January 2008. It came with XP Pro installed and an upgrade disk for Vista Business. I decided to dual boot into both Vista and XP, so I installed Vista. I used both for several months until I updated XP to SP3 and XP crashed. While using both I preferred Vista. I liked it ease of use and security. Security was something I never experienced until I bought my new PC. I was hacked for 8 years using XP Home and XP Professional on my previous PC. Now that XP has crashed, I have no reason to use it. I prefer Vista. I don't understand all the negative hype. Vista is compatible with all my old software (except one) and hardware.

When Windows 7 comes along, I'll love Vista even more.