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Vista is my favorite Windows platform and I have no idea why it gets so much hate. Was I too much of a casual or something? http://ur1.ca/9u1yg
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:11:14 UTC from web-
@abigpony For me, UAC, the worst implementation of POLA I've seen to date (it was, luckily, somewhat toned down under Windows 7 to actually not bite you in the face every time you try to do something).
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:12:37 UTC from web-
@omni The hell are you even talking about?
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:15:24 UTC from web-
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:16:29 UTC from web
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@omni That thing is hideous. Yet it's needed due to retarded users.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:17:55 UTC from web -
@omni I still don't get the connection. That worked the same as every other OS.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:18:19 UTC from web-
@abigpony Well, the idea is too same, but especially in Vista it was way oversensitive, causing the user (yes, me too) to end up giving admin permission to pretty much half the applications they run because otherwise they can't run properly.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:19:23 UTC from web-
@omni Is there a point to this? You saying it's a bad OS because you have to click one more button?
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:25:29 UTC from web-
@abigpony I use Teracopy, so I had to do it every time I moved a file.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:27:02 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves Why'd you use teracop then?
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:27:38 UTC from web-
@abigpony Because Windows file copy kept corrupting stuff when I moved from network to local drives.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:29:27 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves Sounds like a personal problem. stop downloading bad files. Never heard of the problem before.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:30:17 UTC from web-
@abigpony If it works for you, more power to you.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:34:37 UTC from web
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@abigpony No... You obviously don't know what POLA is. POLA means Principle Of Least Authority and basically means: only give things the permissions it needs, to protect against malicious software. In Windows Vista, however, the minimum you already needed admin powers for was so low, that most programs really needed it for relatively normal features. I know, because I wrote a program that only ran some other programs and I already ended up in that issue.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:33:55 UTC from web-
@omni Well only download trustworthy software. I see no problem and I had no problem.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:35:55 UTC from web
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@omni "This optional feature in this OS helps keep casual computer users from destroying their computers, WHAT A TRAGEDY"
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:19:26 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Disable it: No security. Enable it: Having to give pretty much every program permission -> Near-zero security and a lot of annoying messages.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:20:41 UTC from web-
@omni Listen, dude, just because you didn't have any use for it doesn't automatically mean nobody who ever uses a computer has any use for it.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:21:59 UTC from web-
@redenchilada You're completely missing my point. I'm not saying the future per-se is useless, POLA is quite useful, I just think the implementation in Windows Vista was utterly terrible and caused it to be near-useless.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:31:43 UTC from web-
@omni And then they fixed it in 7.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:32:44 UTC from web-
@redenchilada That's what I've been saying several times. But we're talking about "what made Windows Vista bad" and for me, that was UAC, above all other things. In Windows 7, however, it has been improved substantially enough to not be that bothersome and actually useful.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:35:02 UTC from web-
@omni I thought you were talking about "how Linux is obviously superior and Windows is the devil".
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:35:42 UTC from web-
@redenchilada I wasn't. POLA is a good thing and it's good Windows has implemented it. It was just a disaster in Vista but actually good in 7.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:36:29 UTC from web -
@redenchilada Most windows users seem to jump to this conclusion whenever the subject of linux is brought up.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:36:37 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel Because most Linux users sit screaming their heads off about how Linux is so underappreciated.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:37:42 UTC from web-
@redenchilada When have you *ever* seen me do that?
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:38:21 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel [b][i][u]most[/u][/i][/b]
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:38:58 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Don't assume someone is most~
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:40:15 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel But most _do_. That or you guys have an extremely vocal minority.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:41:32 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Every community has an extremely vocal minority.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:41:58 UTC from web
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@toksyuryel I am a windows user and aknowledge that Linus is superiour. I'm just to lazy to format my harddisk.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:44:38 UTC from web-
@hakupony I'm a Windows user and acknowledge that Linux is superior, yet I bought this computer solely for gaming, so switching has no point.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:46:00 UTC from web-
@nerthos I'm a Windows user and refuse to acknowledge that Linux is superior because no one OS is superior for every purpose! :p
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:47:08 UTC from web-
@redenchilada I'm a Windows user and refuse to acknowledge that 7 is better than XP because XP fitted on a CD and had a nicer start menu!
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:49:28 UTC from web-
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:50:44 UTC from web
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@omni Puhleeeze, I have like 6 XP disks.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:51:29 UTC from web
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@redenchilada *Readies witch-burning stake*
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:37:36 UTC from web
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@omni >Security >Almost a year of XP without antivirus or anything, no damage.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:23:08 UTC from web
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@widget I honestly don't mind if a person prefers Linux, but I don't want to be screamed at for preferring Windows. I've met enough people who respond to "I have a problem with this thing" with "INSTALL LINUX IT WILL FIX ALL YOUR PROBLEMS" that I'm kind of apathetic toward the whole thing.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:40:43 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Not gonna try to say I don't promote it when given the opportunity, but I don't whine about the number of people that use it.
Wednesday, 25-Jul-12 21:43:14 UTC from web
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