[kdepim-users] annoying wallet -> problem solved , thanx guys :)

[Pastor JW]

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 23:51, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 21 February 2008 02:31:43 Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> > It's not as simple as that.  I do a fresh install of Slackware.  The
> > first time I fire up kmail I have some configuring to do,  plugging in
> > the info for the email servers the software needs to access,  AND THE
> > PASSWORDS. The first time it attempts to do so it tries to access the
> > stupid wallet thingy anyway,  and I have to go through more crap to get
> > it to not try and do so. This didn't used to be an issue to deal with --
> > now it is. Something that worked a certain way before doesn't work that
> > way any more -- therefore _they broke it_ when this stuff was added.  A
> > simple "this feature is available to you now and it wasn't before,  do
> > you want to use it?" with a yes/no option might have been nice but that
> > choice wasn't what was presented.
> >
> > > I merely ask that you consider the security implications, and that you
> > > (not you personally) stop the incessant nagging because you (some
> > > people) are too lazy to tell it what they want.
> >
> > Telling it no and then having the software nag you to use it anyway isn't
> > much fun either.
>
> I know nothing of Slackware.  This is certainly not the behaviour in
> Mandriva, Fedora or CentOS.  Perhaps you should be asking the Slackware
> people.  It's clearly not a kde issue, or all distros would have the same
> behaviour.

The given description fit the behavior of my Mandriva Powerpack+ 2007 
installation to a "T".  It is also the reason I no longer keep the latest 
distro on this computer; it took so long to get this one configured so that 
it worked that I will not chance an "upgrade".  I am beginning to understand 
the reason some of my friends will not use KDE at all!  The reason they give 
is because they are attacked rather than helped when they try to get help to 
get their computers functioning correctly for themselves.  Users, especially 
older ones, do not LIKE to have to take a course on how to use their computer 
every time they upgrade a system.  They do not have hours a day to pour over 
manuals and learn new "quirks" of the system.  They are KISS users and that 
is all they want or need.  If it worked better, faster, and easier, it would 
be good but it normally doesn't.   Rather, it works slower and more confusing 
by taking several more steps than they used to have to go through to do a 
simple thing.  Then too, finding "hidden" controls is a very frustrating 
ordeal.  Computing used to be fun!  Now it is just another daily pain.       

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