[openbeos] Re: Windows Vista Performance Kludges (that Haiku does
- From: "Chris" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:34:08 -0000
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[mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben Allen
Sent: 14 December 2006 01:10
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Subject: [openbeos] Re: Windows Vista Performance Kludges (that Haiku
does
On 12/13/06, Chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And then there's the ole Faithful: the Windows "New..." sub menu that
you get when you right-click in any folder or on the desktop. Does
_anyone_ use that?
I've tried. It's marginally useful, but you have to dig through
developer forums on the microsoft website just to figure out the
convoluted process for adding something to the "New..." menu (or install
a separate app that manages it). Yet another feature that would be
vastly improved by doing it "the BeOS way" with something simple like
having a /home/config/new folder you could drop file templates into.
Definitely a good example of a slightly useful feature that is too
rarely used and too complicated to be placed in such a prominent place
(especially with no obvious way to disable it).
-Ben
Precisely! :))
I don't want to prolong this OT discussion (so thanks for bringing it
back on-topic) ;)) but you're absolutely right - why make things _so_
damn complicated for the developer when all you need is something (as
you suggest) as simple as a folder with templates in it. Plus then, the
painfully obvious way to 'disable' the feature would be simply to empty
all the templates out of the folder.
Plus, has anyone noticed that creating a 'New' spreadsheet, Word doc,
etc. is all just the same thing? You simply create *any* 'new' document
and change the extension!
Ah, Windows... ;))
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