KAssistant announcement

[Richard Dale]

On Monday 14 August 2006 12:14, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Monday 14 August 2006 12:53, Tim Beaulen wrote:
> > > Assistant is some person helping you out doing mundane tasks, while
> > > wizard is the very smart person giving you directions and just doing
> > > its magic behind the scenes.
> >
> > That's your interpretation of a wizard. I've never seen a wizard give
> > directions, only ask questions in the form of  "what do you want to
> > see next?"
>
> Sorry for being unclear;  I meant to say:
> [A] wizard is a very smart person giving you a set of choices for
> directions and just doing its magic behind the scenes based on your
> choice.
'Wizard' is a Microsoft term, and 'Assistant' is an Apple term for the same 
thing. I my opinion 'assistant' is better because 'wizard' implies there is 
some awsome AI/expert system in there, which of course there never 
is - 'wizard' is more to do with marketing spin than reality.

-- Richard