Re: Going with Linux was the biggest mistake...

From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 03:59:27 GMT

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:10:09 -0500, Christopher Estep wrote:

>> >> The latest: I try to install a copy of Acrobat reader on my
>> >> machine. My buddy has been using it constantly for months. I
>> >> finally get the courage (and the free time) to attempt installing
>> >> it. I install it apparently without incident, but when I try
>> >> running it, a license-agreement-type (EULA) message comes up. BUT
>> >> THERE'S NOTHING LIKE AN ACCEPT OR DECLINE BUTTON!!! There is no
>> >> way to get past this window! All you can do is read the EULA, and
>> >> when you get tired of this, kill the process. This has kind of ***
>> >> up is not a rare incident; it is perfectly representative of the
>> >> Linux experience. Yes, all free, but hardly any of it works.

This sounds vaguely familiar. Didn't it turn out to be something
like "due to screen resolution, the accept/decline buttons were
on a part of the window that extended beyond the boundaries of
the screen?" If so, then

(a) moving the window ought to make the buttons visible, hence usable

(b) Windows has been susceptible to the same thing for years (can we
    say "Large Fonts", boys and girls?)