In message , pyotr
filipivich writes:
Ken Blake on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 08:31:04 -0700
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 20:36:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich
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knew I should have upgraded XP to 64 bit when that came out)

That's a different kettle of fish: I've never used it, but AIUI XP-64
isn't really XP, but something else made to _look_ like XP.

Same question on that: *should* have? Why do you say that? My view on
that is even stronger: it's a mistake for most people.

Maybe so. But I have to know Word, despite it being an inferior
product, because so many places use only it; accept no submissions
which are not Word compatible.

(Though I doubt they'd object to .doc rather than .docx, or even notice.
Though be prepared for _them_ to send _you_ .docx files.)

years ago, and did not have the time to "play" with it to find out how
the GUI worked.

The GUIs for XP and 7 aren't all that different. It shouldn't take
long at all to learn the difference.

Note well,"aren't all that different". But those little bits can
be critical. "why does the icon for 'desktop' not look like a
desktop?" "Where is the icon for wordpad?" Etc, etc, - and do not
get me started on Win7's apparent inability to know where in the
directory tree I have gone.
When one has time those things are no problem, you can fiddle with
it and learn new procedures.
But when I'm having to stop what I've done for a long time, to
find out where/how to do it "here" - it throws me out. Very much like

Well said. I did give 7's UI a good run, trying to learn it, as I did
and do give the boys and girls at Microsoft more credit than many here
do - i. e. I assume they genuinely do think their new ways are better,
not just changes for their own sake - so I was willing to try to go
along. But, like you, there came some point where I wanted to do
something in a hurry and couldn't figure out how, so Classic Shell went
on, and has never come off since.

getting a new car, and the light switch and wiper controls are
"backwards." Do not tell me that it is 'better'.

Now - not sure about the wipers, but the indicators - I've never
understood when people say they're "backwards" on a different car. I
think of them as being part of an invisible wheel: if I want to indicate
I'm going to turn, I turn the indicator stalk the way I'm going to turn
the steering wheel. I don't think "up" or "down".

tschus
pyotr

John


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