snipped out: your statement: "Windows Explorer is not a
file manager" (which it is)
a little selective editing there, eh?? Kinda reminds me
of ... Sarah Palin...
Don't be more of a moron than you are already are. Everybody
who's wasted their time reading this thread knows what I think.
For those with a short memory, here:
Windows Explorer is NOT a file manager. It is a torture device
whose primary function is to prevent a new computer user from
understanding the basic principles of file and directory
organization, to keep him/her as ignorant as possible, and to
allow only the most basic of functions, the execution of which
is designed to be as troublesome as possible.
First, you have to know what the right tool is. I only use MShit
because I was raised on it starting in 87 and have worked with
it 5-12 hours a day between 90 and now. This is not to imply I
am knowledgeable, I am NOT, there are an awful lot of things I
have no clue about, but I do know what works and what doesn't.
That's why the ONLY MS product on any of my machines is the OS -
because after all this time I have managed to make it/them work
like they should - largely using free applications written by
people who care about more than money and monopolies.
I played with Macs and it just wasn't worth the bother. This was
before Linux.
I use ALL three, as prudent. IOW, the most appropriate
tool for the job at hand. (I know, it's a difficult
concept...).
You are SUCH a clueless ****. (Sorry about the insults -
sometimes there is just nothing else left to say.)
What it "claims it does"???? What, is Bill Gates saying
something in here? It does the basic stuff.
Basic stuff is not enough for anyone with brains. "My Documents"
/is/ for brainless XP users.
Nonsense. What do you think it is??? A media player?
Read my definition above.
Actually, I do, but I don't see it from such a limited
viewpoint as you do, as all or nothing.
No, it either does what one needs or it does not. WE does the
merest basics, makes it as difficult... (see above).
It's ALL file management: file copies, deletes, moves,
whatever. And yes, Windows Explorer is a "file manager".
No it is not. It can't do one 50th of what TC and a few other
file managers which approach TC in usefulness and functionality
can do (they also require brains which are no longer something
that the majority of computers users have, not since the
computer became just another entertainment device for the living
room).
OK, I'll meet you halfway. WE is the most basic, pathetic, made-
for-morons (like all Windows OS's after 2000) excuse for a file
manager. Happier now?
Projection, it seems. One size fits all? You're not a
Tea Partier, are ya?
I fail to see the connection.
As I said, I'll use the right tool for the right job, and
not just the "one tool fits all" (I know, it's such an
advanced concept).
I do NOT like "one tool for all the jobs" idea, in fact that's
one of my main issues with MS's approach to software design.
However, when I do file mgmt, I DO like to use a tool that will
do what I need. If you haven't understood by now why file
comparison by content is part of file mgmt, there is not much
else to be said. Put on your dunce hat and stand in the corner.
That's why I also have XYplorer and
xplorer2. I like having various tools at my disposal.
"Tools"? Do you also have 7 browsers and 5 image editing
programs, and all Office suites there are? But I bet you don't
even know how to set up styles and create content indexes.
Actually, a couple of them (my older ones) are indeed about
that size. So your doubts were misplaced.
Curious way of putting it. Still, I had 16 partitions on a 40GB
drive, an arrangement I miss and the need for which you are
clearly incapable of comprehending.
Then go back to Win98SE. I still have it on my second
computer, if you want it.
I *AM* on Win98SE Lite, it's what I use for EVERYTHING
(including the stupid internet) except a stupid analog video
capture card which is from 2009 and has NO drivers earlier than
XP. That was the ONLY reason I installed XP. When the day comes
I can no longer run 98SE Lite, I am going Linux.
No not really - I still want it). But: "when in Rome..."
THATs the way Windows XP operates, whether you like it or
not. You have to give up *some* of the control you had in
Win98SE. If you still believe otherwise, you being
quixotic. But that said, I've tamed WinXP down quite a
bit from its dumb default install look and feel.
So have I, and the fact we both had to put in a fair bit of
effort proves XP is an OS designed for idiots who call
directories folders and think a file is a partition.
I don't know if you spent any time in 9x groups before they
pretty much died, but the level of knowledge and expertise there
compared to the XP groups is quite astonishing. These groups are
full of clueless idiots who can't even Google, and has MAYBE 5
people who know what they're talking about, and are too polite
(unlike a thanatoid) to call stupidity by its proper name.
Anyway, WE still sucks and will forever.
Also, I've had enough. Unless you come up with something REALLY
interesting, I am no longer replying. This is totally pointless.
(BTW, by using Earthlink you are contributing to Scientology.
Just FYI.)
