What Are You Doing Right Now

stacksofplates

@IRJ said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying out the new Edge.

:face_screaming_in_fear:

I have to use Windows at work and it makes me want to throw up. I don't know how to use it at all.

I don't get why people want to use it. It's prob not bad, I just don't understand it lol.

bnrstnr

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I don't get why people want to use it

because games

jmoore

@stacksofplates I think I can answer some of that at least I have to use it some too. At least its what I manage so I have to open it every now and then. Anyway I just think a lot of people have never tried anything else and they are not learners so don't care to try anything else. Windows isn't horrible, it just does things so much differently than better OS's. Those things it does differently all happen to make the OS less efficient. I'm referring to lack of good shell, registry database, and of course the dreaded update system. I think that users who like Windows just don't deal with those issues at all and never see them. I think there is also a lot less innovation in Windows as well. Just my 2 cents.

IRJ

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Microsoft Edge is pretty awesome compared to the old version.

it's basically Chrome.. so...

But less memory used, so...

(for now)

:thumbs_up:

Grey

Just took a walk to wake up. It's frickin' cold outside!

Dashrender

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just took a walk to wake up. It's frickin' cold outside!

It was cold in Duluth, now I'm back home in NE and it's 60..

wirestyle22

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just took a walk to wake up. It's frickin' cold outside!

It was cold in Duluth, now I'm back home in NE and it's 60..

It's 47 here and I feel like I'm boiling

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just took a walk to wake up. It's frickin' cold outside!

It was cold in Duluth, now I'm back home in NE and it's 60..

It's 47 here and I feel like I'm boiling

you sound sick!

jmoore

Was asked to write some guides for 2-3 of our classes. I'm not much of a writer but guess I'll give it a shot. It does sound fun.

siringo

@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates I think I can answer some of that at least I have to use it some too. At least its what I manage so I have to open it every now and then. Anyway I just think a lot of people have never tried anything else and they are not learners so don't care to try anything else. Windows isn't horrible, it just does things so much differently than better OS's. Those things it does differently all happen to make the OS less efficient. I'm referring to lack of good shell, registry database, and of course the dreaded update system. I think that users who like Windows just don't deal with those issues at all and never see them. I think there is also a lot less innovation in Windows as well. Just my 2 cents.

Yes, and also because Windows is the OS used in the majority of businesses, schools, colleges etc. People don't know or care about computers, if they could get onto FB and watch videos on a wet soggy sponge they'd all be using wet soggy sponges.

They have no interest in computers so just use what they already know plus the kid down the street can fix the damn thing if it breaks.

siringo

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying out the new Edge.

New article on browser security from this year, interesting.

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/browser_privacy.pdf

scottalanmiller

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@IRJ said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying out the new Edge.

:face_screaming_in_fear:

I have to use Windows at work and it makes me want to throw up. I don't know how to use it at all.

I don't get why people want to use it. It's prob not bad, I just don't understand it lol.

No, it's bad. We support so much of it and I had this conversation with so many companies just today.... why would anyone choose this mess. Every one of the customers spends a fortune and gets less than if they didn't. It's just madness.

Thankfully, it looks like we have companies really considering switching in huge numbers.

scottalanmiller

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates I think I can answer some of that at least I have to use it some too. At least its what I manage so I have to open it every now and then. Anyway I just think a lot of people have never tried anything else and they are not learners so don't care to try anything else. Windows isn't horrible, it just does things so much differently than better OS's. Those things it does differently all happen to make the OS less efficient. I'm referring to lack of good shell, registry database, and of course the dreaded update system. I think that users who like Windows just don't deal with those issues at all and never see them. I think there is also a lot less innovation in Windows as well. Just my 2 cents.

Yes, and also because Windows is the OS used in the majority of businesses, schools, colleges etc. People don't know or care about computers, if they could get onto FB and watch videos on a wet soggy sponge they'd all be using wet soggy sponges.

They have no interest in computers so just use what they already know plus the kid down the street can fix the damn thing if it breaks.

What's amazing isn't that people are so useless, but why do companies employ people who are so useless. Sometimes it makes sense, but not in the quantities that they do.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@IRJ said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying out the new Edge.

:face_screaming_in_fear:

I have to use Windows at work and it makes me want to throw up. I don't know how to use it at all.

I don't get why people want to use it. It's prob not bad, I just don't understand it lol.

No, it's bad. We support so much of it and I had this conversation with so many companies just today.... why would anyone choose this mess. Every one of the customers spends a fortune and gets less than if they didn't. It's just madness.

Thankfully, it looks like we have companies really considering switching in huge numbers.

MS has really gone after the hearts and minds of people through educational institutions. People tend to go with what’s comfortable. If the learned on it, it’s easier to stick with that even if it costs more.

Convenience over sense

siringo

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@stacksofplates I think I can answer some of that at least I have to use it some too. At least its what I manage so I have to open it every now and then. Anyway I just think a lot of people have never tried anything else and they are not learners so don't care to try anything else. Windows isn't horrible, it just does things so much differently than better OS's. Those things it does differently all happen to make the OS less efficient. I'm referring to lack of good shell, registry database, and of course the dreaded update system. I think that users who like Windows just don't deal with those issues at all and never see them. I think there is also a lot less innovation in Windows as well. Just my 2 cents.

Yes, and also because Windows is the OS used in the majority of businesses, schools, colleges etc. People don't know or care about computers, if they could get onto FB and watch videos on a wet soggy sponge they'd all be using wet soggy sponges.

They have no interest in computers so just use what they already know plus the kid down the street can fix the damn thing if it breaks.

What's amazing isn't that people are so useless, but why do companies employ people who are so useless. Sometimes it makes sense, but not in the quantities that they do.

Why are they useless? Is it because they have no interest in computers? I think that is quite normal. Why would everyone be interested in computers?