"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| Sigh. I'm not sure why, but you seem to keep missing the point.
| The actions I took on a daily basis in using Windows XP _do not work_
| in Windows 7.

He tends to be defensive, even in the face of your
gentle manner. I know what you mean. My first pickup
had the horn near the outside, so the position
depended on the turn of the wheel! I finally got used
to that and then the next one had the horn back in
the center.

Similarly, my emergency brake used to be under the
dashboard. Now it's on the floor as a pull-up arm.
I practice using it once in a while so that I won't reach
for the dash in an emergency.

Unfortunately, a lot of the changes in Windows are
merely frivolous or committee decisions. Why do they
keep changing the app data folder path or the program
files path? Why do they keep changing the left side
panel in dialogues and folder windows, then restrict
access to customize them? No reason, really. Except
maybe that most people judge the update by the GUI.
That's why so many people were mad when they bought
Vista limited, with no Aero. With the "classic" GUI it
looked like XP. Why spend all that money if it doesn't
"look like the future"?

I customized the 5 quick-change options in dialogues
in Win7 at one point. I think they were things I've never
used, like Documents, My Pictures, etc. But somehow I
ended up with 2 desktop icons. I keep meaning to fix
that but just don't get around to figuring out the tweak
all over again.

Other changes are done with good intentions but are
not necessarily successful. For instance, you have to
jump through hoops to get the Quick Launch toolbar
back in Win7. The ability to "pin" is not the same. They
broke it deliberately to stop badly behaving installers
from filling up Quick Launch without asking. But they
ended up breaking well behaved installers.
I still make installers with a QL icon option, but most
people won't benefit because they don't understand that
it's broken, nor that they can get it back.