Vista - Password Protect a compressed zip file in Windows Vista

"Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
> I don't question your intent.

Well, when you say "your" ... do you mean *me*? Hey, it wasn't my idea. I'm
not a Microsoft employee, or contractor, and they never asked my opinion.

I'm just a simple MVP, relaying info I heard at a few briefings and stuff.

> But I do wish that MS developers would gain
> more understanding about users - and the time required to do what used to
> be
> so easy.

I agree with you about this, 120%!

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Andrew,

Sorry for seeming to imply that your = you.

I was confused, since it sounded like you were supportive of their decision
when you said: "But there was a rationale behind it; it wasn't just a 'screw
the customers"' moment.

They may not intend to, but all too often, they do screw the customers.
Their not realizing it is what's so disturbing.

It occurs to me now that beta testing may have some flaws. The testers
probably are not a valid sample of most users. People who test may skew
toward those who are tech savvy and have access to power machines. If so, my
theory is that MS tests + beta tests do not reflect the real world.

I was just having another Vista moment. I've traveled with MS from DOS
through each operating system. I find Vista to be the most major "screw the
customer" system. Because they assume that we all have all the hours needed
to unlearn old habits, learn new ones, maneuver through the worst Help system
yet, find out that basic functions are no longer available. and so on.

Anyway, I know that you are you, not them!

Aaron

"Andrew McLaren" wrote:

> "Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
> > I don't question your intent.
>
> Well, when you say "your" ... do you mean *me*? Hey, it wasn't my idea. I'm
> not a Microsoft employee, or contractor, and they never asked my opinion.
>
> I'm just a simple MVP, relaying info I heard at a few briefings and stuff.
>
> > But I do wish that MS developers would gain
> > more understanding about users - and the time required to do what used to
> > be
> > so easy.
>
> I agree with you about this, 120%!
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>
>

Cool! :-) Thanks Aaron; sounds like we're in broad agreement. I know
Microsoft did extensive user testing during Vista development - but then,
there are the moments when I want to hurl Vista out the freakin' window
(sic), in anger and frustration. So all that usability testing seems to have
skipped over some issues ...

Cheers
Andrew

"Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61410FE8-6A67-4F09-BEDB-4A4F4E665765@microsoft.com...
> Andrew,
>
> Sorry for seeming to imply that your = you.
>
> I was confused, since it sounded like you were supportive of their
> decision
> when you said: "But there was a rationale behind it; it wasn't just a
> 'screw
> the customers"' moment.
>
> They may not intend to, but all too often, they do screw the customers.
> Their not realizing it is what's so disturbing.
>
> It occurs to me now that beta testing may have some flaws. The testers
> probably are not a valid sample of most users. People who test may skew
> toward those who are tech savvy and have access to power machines. If so,
> my
> theory is that MS tests + beta tests do not reflect the real world.
>
> I was just having another Vista moment. I've traveled with MS from DOS
> through each operating system. I find Vista to be the most major "screw
> the
> customer" system. Because they assume that we all have all the hours
> needed
> to unlearn old habits, learn new ones, maneuver through the worst Help
> system
> yet, find out that basic functions are no longer available. and so on.
>
> Anyway, I know that you are you, not them!
>
> Aaron
>
> "Andrew McLaren" wrote:
>
>> "Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...
>> > I don't question your intent.
>>
>> Well, when you say "your" ... do you mean *me*? Hey, it wasn't my idea.
>> I'm
>> not a Microsoft employee, or contractor, and they never asked my opinion.
>>
>> I'm just a simple MVP, relaying info I heard at a few briefings and
>> stuff.
>>
>> > But I do wish that MS developers would gain
>> > more understanding about users - and the time required to do what used
>> > to
>> > be
>> > so easy.
>>
>> I agree with you about this, 120%!
>>
>> --
>> Andrew McLaren
>> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>>
>>
>
I'm a beta tester and I am just a retired user of home computers. Have been
for 35 years so perhaps that is why they chose me and many of the other I
know. We are all ordinary users.

--
Ian