From: not@any.adr   
      
   On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:01:12 +0000 (UTC), Marco van de Voort    
   wrote:   
      
   >IMHO the best solution is to put the burden on the user. Commandline/ini   
   >file setting how much kb to use.   
      
   Hmmmmm... Marco, if there's one thing I've learned in my programming   
   experience it is this:  Users don't get it.   
      
   Most people put in Office, run the thing on defaults and never change a single   
   setting.  Really... you'd be amazed how many people are bareface amazed when I   
   bring up the settings panel in some basic piece of software on their system.   
      
   You should also hear the calls I get about the POS software I maintain... My   
   most frequent answer is "Please turn your binder to page ___ and follow the   
   instructions...".   
      
   People :   
   	a) Don't understand settings.   
   	b) Don't care about settings.   
   	c) Don't want to know about settings.   
   	d) Don't look in help files, unless told to.   
   	e) Don't change settings, unless told to.   
   	f) Don't follow your instructions more than 50% of the time.   
      
   In all due respect, Marco, you can't download program intelligence to the end   
   user.  Most of them "just work here" and really don't care a rat's backside   
   about the tools they use.   
      
   -----   
   Laura   
      
   (http://www.start.ca/users/ldblake)   
      
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