Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 02, 2004 05:42 AM
I think you may have proven the point. It shouldn't take an HOUR to setup and share a printer.
On a side note, one of the things I remember GNOME/MDK (and probably KDE) doing well was sharing files. Right click on folder -> Share. That's it. The folder is shared using any protocols that are available. Sharing printers should be the same Click -> Share sequence, and then they are automagically shared using all protocols. On the client you should be browsing for them, not typing in domains/paths. yecchh. I know this way may seem a bit redundant, but it works well for those people that can't drill though all the options.
Remember, if I can't do it using only the pointy clicky thing then it's not easy enough.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 02, 2004 05:42 AMOn a side note, one of the things I remember GNOME/MDK (and probably KDE) doing well was sharing files. Right click on folder -> Share. That's it. The folder is shared using any protocols that are available. Sharing printers should be the same Click -> Share sequence, and then they are automagically shared using all protocols. On the client you should be browsing for them, not typing in domains/paths. yecchh. I know this way may seem a bit redundant, but it works well for those people that can't drill though all the options.
Remember, if I can't do it using only the pointy clicky thing then it's not easy enough.
And for the record, I use vim.
Sean.
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