how true but sad

[Aleksandar Milivojevic]

jim lawrence wrote:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/luxury-part-deux.html
> 
> enough said !

I was reading the first half of the first one (and will probably skip 
the second one completely).  About 99% of things he was ranting about 
are as well applicable to setting up the printer on Windows (which he 
uses as an example of "smart UI").  An example of how adding the pritner 
on Windows can be intuitive and easy is adding JetDirect network printer 
(and some other types of networked printers, such as printers connected 
to some older SMC broadband routers), when prompted "local or network 
printer", you were supposed to select "local printer" (!?) and than 
configure it to use virtual local port (driver for which would than send 
the print jobs over the network, oh, and of course you need to remember 
to install darn driver for virtual port before adding the printer). 
Very intuitive.

He had a point or two that were OK.  But they were totally lost in all 
that rant.  But again, if he just made the point, instead of ranting, 
the page would be only a paragraph long, if not shorter ;-)

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