Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 01, 2004 11:25 PM
Blanking out local may be a bad idea because it may be impossible for the computer to detect some types of local printers. Printing to these is like "I'll just take your word that there is a device there." You also do not allow for configuring remote printing for printservers that may not be up right then. When trying to set up a printserver, you will want a client so try to talk at it, even if it has not been autoconfigured. Your suggestions can lead to the trap of "I know better than you" that other systems impose. I agree that the UIs should be more usable, but be careful not to make them inflexible.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 01, 2004 11:25 PM#