Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at Marlow.com
Sun Mar 22 23:41:43 CDT 2009
>>Answers in line -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:33 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007 Charlotte, > That and anything I can't change to a classic style so I can find what I'm looking for. This is what I dislike the most. I have Vista installed on my laptop and have used it for about two years now. And I still hate it. Everything is moved, everything is wizard driven. Just give me the damned control to do things. I know what is happening under it all, it is mostly exactly the same stuff, but there is a layer of CRAP over everything preventing me from directly getting at it. And the CRAP is not an improvement. >>This is a matter of taste. I thought the same thing from 2k to XP. 2k, everything was more 'technically oriented', you needed to know what you were looking for to use it. XP 'dumbed it up', so if you preferred the direct approach, you had to switch the control panel to classic view. However, on the plus side, if you get used to the interface, there are some advantages. If you have a laptop, the windows mobility screen is pretty handy. Go to the desktop. Right click. A "browser looking" thingie comes up with a ton of different things I can do. All I want to do is change the display settings. So I click Display settings. A "display settings" dialog comes up but it doesn't have all of the stuff right there, I have to dig. C'mon already!!! >>It just switched the tabs to links.....whether you like it or not is a matter of personal taste. Open explorer. What the HELL is this thing? I come up in Documents inside of JWColby. I am CONSTANTLY minimizing documents so that I can even SEE jwcolby so that I can minimize that so that I can see my system and the disk drives. >>Not sure what you mean by this, try switching the default folder views. C'mon already. I didn't ask for this!!! Where in the heck is the NIC stuff hidden? I have to search for ten minutes EVERY time I want to look at that stuff. It is buried down three levels in a completely unfamiliar looking dialog. >>I was a little confused by this at first, but actually, it's not too complicated. Just click the icon, and read the windows. Why does my Win2K3 machine's browser service find all the machines on my network just fine (including the vista machines) but the vista machines ONLY find each other reliably? Go to Programs / Accessories. Where did Communications go? Where did entertainment go? What is the point of rearranging these very common menus and hiding this stuff somewhere else? >>This may be an IP v6 issue. Try turning that protocol off. It is the same old "let's make it so simple that a 5 year old can use it", but... it takes 17 layers of crap to make it that simple so that NOBODY can figure it out any more. It is just frustrating! And I have been using it for a LONG time now!!! Part of the problem is that I continue to use Win2K3 for my servers and XP on other machines, so I continue to see and use the old "do it yourself" interface, which just makes it more jarring when I have to go do the same thing on Vista. I am reasonably certain that if Vista was all there was I would learn how to do things "the Vista way" and eventually be fine with it. In the meantime I just want the Vista way to go away. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Charlotte Foust wrote: > I think the fairy godmother twinkle is what I hate most about Vista. > That and anything I can't change to a classic style so I can find what > I'm looking for. > > Charlotte Foust -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. You are notified that any review, retransmission, copying, disclosure, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.