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 ;-)
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
