I don't know what it is about XP

[docwebster]

But I loathe that OS. Instinctively. There's just something about that offends me on a gut level. I *like* 98SE, dammit. I know what to expect, I know How Things Work (to an admittedly minor degree), and I run a great many programs that I depend on and XP just does not play nice with.

Before anybody mentions the L word OS, don't bother. One of the programs I absolutely rely on to be able to take requests and maintain logs thereof simply does not exist on the L word OS.

Feh.

Anyway, I'm going to have a rather tasty show Saturday night featuring a show from The Grateful Dead circa 1987. See you then, folken.

Comments

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

The problem I have with XP being a long time Windows hacker (I have used Windows off and on since Win3.1) ... too much is hidden away because the average user doesn't need to know, but you have to fuck around too much to get a poweruser interface rather than the made by Fisher Price default.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

poweruser interface rather than the made by Fisher Price default.

Tellytubby layer! :-)

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

"Tellytubby layer! :-)"

Your private life's your own, dear. - Alan Titchmarsh

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Indeed. But the default style of XP reminds us a great deal of the Tellytubbies. All rounded and muted primary colors.

If XP has a Tellytubby interface...

[fernblatt.livejournal.com]

...what about the even more stripped down (gag) WindowsME???? Feh. To me *that* is Fisher Price.

I've with doc on the 98SE, even though 4 out of the 5 machine in that house
are macs running OSX.

Re: If XP has a Tellytubby interface...

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

XP makes ME look not stripped down