From kde-devel  Wed Aug 20 12:26:18 2003
From: Gav Wood <gav () indigoarchive ! net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:26:18 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: autorun?!
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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:25, Matthias Wieser wrote:
> Gav Wood wrote:
> > in the case of a mixed cd (data and audio), suppose you want it
> > automounted - which layer looks after it? suppose you want it left
> > unmounted and the cdplayer started - which layer attends to it then?
>
> You don't know what I want. And the computer doesn't know, too. That's the
> problem.

no. the point is that the decision (if any) has to happen at the same syste=
m=20
level.

> If I insert an audio-CD, maybe I want the cdplayer to startup - but maybe
> I want to rip the cd.
> If I insert an data-CD, maybe I want the setup program to start - but
> maybe I only want to copy the documentation.pdf to my local drive. Or I
> only want to find out, what that CD contains.
> > you seem to be harping back to the (bad) old windows days
>
> You mean good old unix days?

no. i don't call having to manually mount a medium, start a console, enter =
the=20
directory and execute "autorun" a good thing, especially for those users wh=
o=20
have never met a console in their life and just want to install a game.

> > when magasine
> > cover discs/game instructions always had to say "navigate into the cd
> > rom; click autorun.exe".
> > i always found my self asking why the fsck
> > can't the computer just do that?!
>
> It's simple: The computer can't do that because it doesn't know what you
> want to do. If it tries to do that, the user get's annoyed (ask a
> Windows-user).

no; the correct action can be guessed enough of the time to make it=20
indispensible to me, and many others. those who find it annoying would be=20
able to turn it off.

gav
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Gav Wood <gav@indigoarchive.net>

codito ergo non satis bibivi

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