I figured I'd try it the Ubuntu way (though I run ubuntu, I typically
tend to do many things the old fashioned way, which is why the first
ubuntu command I always learn is how to change the root's password so I
can su. sudo drives me nuts when I'm trying to do lots of things - but
I digress).
I clicked on the link in the email and it downloaded. Then I
double-clicked on the downloaded file. I was asked if this was really
what I wanted to do. I said OK. Then it "just worked".
By the way, I have several Mac using clients which need the same kind of
work that windows clients need. If a printer install doesn't "just
work", they have zero trouble-shooting skills. When the networking
doesn't "just work"... you get the picture. And then when the "hybrid
households" need help, it seems Macs are inclined to "just work" if they
are among their own kind, but are less cooperative in an ecumenical
environment. Want an XP machine to talk encrypted to an Apple airport?
You need the magical incantation to make it divulge the key it chose and
assigned to all it's Mac friends. Bring on the valerian root!
Okay I'm done now. I like Macs. But it is true - there is really only
one human intuitive interface - the nipple. Everything else you learn.
Les...
Scott Walde wrote:
> Dylan Griffiths wrote:
>>
>> You know, on my Mac I just drag something to a folder and it works.
>>
> Interesting. That's exactly what I did with the official flash plugin
> from Adobe, and it "Just Worked." (oh... I had to restart my
> browser...) The instructions that came with the plugin downloaded
> directly from Adobe said to either drop it in my user's plugin folder,
> or the system-wide plugin folder. I picked the former. It sounds like
> the problem here (I fully admit I haven't followed the whole thread) is
> with a third-party repackaging of a program, not with a program supplied
> either from the OS vendor or the vendor who wrote the damn thing.
> (Gawd, I gotta try to stop feeding the mac fanboy trolls.)
>
>
> srw
>
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