Re: Documentation and Usability

[Paul Morgan <paulswm@earthlink.net>]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 03:02:30 -0300, Cristian Gutierrez wrote:


> 
> This seems to be partly due to the nature of issues' contexts.
> 
> You have trouble with XFree, then you post relevant parts of
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and /var/log/XFree86.0.log (you are usually
> specifically asked for this files).
> 
> You find a glitch in MSW, and there you go trying to describe the
> "click-path" that triggers it, the un-copy-pasteable error messages in
> some dialog boxes, the possibly missing display elements, etc.
> 
> Some of the questions and answers in MSW-related forums and newsgroups
> involve a lot of imagination regarding to screen navigation and
> iconography. In Linux(should I say Unix?)-land almost anything is a
> cut-n-paste away.
> 
> Not to mention that it ain't easy for your local guru to ssh-in and
> medicate your system :-)

I agree with you on everything except one point:  it is easy to remote
login to an XP box (if it's set up to allow it).

-- 
....................paul

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enough hammer.
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