Posted by member 378001 on 2007-07-30 11:30:20 link
xcal: Evidently, i like the abuse. Oh, and I particularly like this quote, blatantly ripped off from one of the posts you directed me to see as an example of your eloquence - "Me too". Yes, that's the whole thing.
As West said, I'm apparently a troll.
Or maybe, just maybe, I want someone to convince me that I should be a part of this. Maybe I'd like to see some Google and/or YouTube video of someone's LiteStep-enhanced Windows User Experience(tm). Maybe I'd like to get something other than abuse, but I'm simply not capable of taking the leap of faith that is evidently required. I don't want to risk trashing my system for the brief thrill of adding graphics and effects to my desktop with software that is so incredibly complex to use that even its hardcore fanboy userbase manages to totally screw up, sometimes.
To put it simply, I don't want to install unknown software that *obviously* has the potential to totally screw up my system without having a *** good reason... and "try it, you'll like it" just ins't enough any more.
In case you're wondering, the answer is no. I haven't bothered doing any more research than you think I did. I came into this with the attitude of a ten-year-old, and I'm going to keep it that way. If a ten-year-old can't use an electronic product, then it's not fit to take up disk space. Every electronic product I have ever seen that came with (or advertising *could* have come with) the claim that it's "so simple, even a ten-year-old child could do it!" was typically, truthfully, able to be used by a ten-year-old child. The 35-year-old owner of said merchandise may have been clueless, but his boy could fix it up in no time. "No prob, pops!"
Those ten-year-olds are something else. They can program a VCR (if they even know what one is, nowadays), they can set your alarm clock, they'll effortlessly fill your ipod with music, make their own myspace page, make a myspace page for you, run scripts from friends that turn their computers into remote-conmtrolled zombies... ok, I draw the line right there.
But seriously, I think you're right. LiteStep may not be for me.
I like stuff that works. I like stuff that works correctly. The first time. Out of the box. Every time. Is that to much to ask? Am I crazy for expecting a software product to perform as advertised? Then again, I still haven't yet seen you guys do a decent job of telling anyone what it even is, much less tout its worth. Describing LiteStep as "a replacement shell for Windows" is about as enlightening as describing the sun as "a bright thing".
Oh, look, I found a YouTube video of LiteStep in action!
LINK
Love this guy's take on it - "All of the configuration is in textfiles, it's kind of hard to use" - oh, and let's not forget - "make sure to back up all your data before installing, it's not very user-friendly".
Nor are its fans.
As West said, I'm apparently a troll.
Or maybe, just maybe, I want someone to convince me that I should be a part of this. Maybe I'd like to see some Google and/or YouTube video of someone's LiteStep-enhanced Windows User Experience(tm). Maybe I'd like to get something other than abuse, but I'm simply not capable of taking the leap of faith that is evidently required. I don't want to risk trashing my system for the brief thrill of adding graphics and effects to my desktop with software that is so incredibly complex to use that even its hardcore fanboy userbase manages to totally screw up, sometimes.
To put it simply, I don't want to install unknown software that *obviously* has the potential to totally screw up my system without having a *** good reason... and "try it, you'll like it" just ins't enough any more.
In case you're wondering, the answer is no. I haven't bothered doing any more research than you think I did. I came into this with the attitude of a ten-year-old, and I'm going to keep it that way. If a ten-year-old can't use an electronic product, then it's not fit to take up disk space. Every electronic product I have ever seen that came with (or advertising *could* have come with) the claim that it's "so simple, even a ten-year-old child could do it!" was typically, truthfully, able to be used by a ten-year-old child. The 35-year-old owner of said merchandise may have been clueless, but his boy could fix it up in no time. "No prob, pops!"
Those ten-year-olds are something else. They can program a VCR (if they even know what one is, nowadays), they can set your alarm clock, they'll effortlessly fill your ipod with music, make their own myspace page, make a myspace page for you, run scripts from friends that turn their computers into remote-conmtrolled zombies... ok, I draw the line right there.
But seriously, I think you're right. LiteStep may not be for me.
I like stuff that works. I like stuff that works correctly. The first time. Out of the box. Every time. Is that to much to ask? Am I crazy for expecting a software product to perform as advertised? Then again, I still haven't yet seen you guys do a decent job of telling anyone what it even is, much less tout its worth. Describing LiteStep as "a replacement shell for Windows" is about as enlightening as describing the sun as "a bright thing".
Oh, look, I found a YouTube video of LiteStep in action!
LINK
Love this guy's take on it - "All of the configuration is in textfiles, it's kind of hard to use" - oh, and let's not forget - "make sure to back up all your data before installing, it's not very user-friendly".
Nor are its fans.