[H-GEN] Useful not so obvious tips

David de Groot david-humbug at viking.org.au
Mon Oct 25 02:26:43 EDT 2004


Sandra Mansell wrote:

> Actually I was chatting with my husband the other night about how
>
>computers are more accessible and the average person still can't
>accomplish anything meaningful without assistance. It sprung from
>helping a friend's husband download FireFox, and the first thing I was
>asked after he had the file was "Do I copy this to Program Files now?"
>Unfortunately even if he'd been using a *nix variant he probably would
>have still asked a similar problem "where do I put it?" instead of
>realising that the file would run him through an installer.
>  
>
Whereas if he'd been on a Mac, it *is* just a case of copying it to the 
Applications folder. (or leaving it where it is and running it from 
there, it's just tidier in the Applications folder).

:)

Dave




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