Please Comment: Proposal to change the name of Applications -> Add/Remove...

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Jan 15, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Rick Spencer wrote:
>
> On 01/15/2009 10:46 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
>>
>> Except those who are coming from Windows, which is a larger userbase
>> than those coming from the iPhone or Android markets, are used to the
>> Add/Remove programs in the Control Panel.
>
> Actually, this has gotten kind of muddled in Windows. It is now
> something called "Programs and Features", which is yet another control
> panel that launches wizards for individual applications that you may
> have installed (or can install depending if you are in a corporate
> environment that supports it).
> ...

And even when it was called "Add/Remove Programs", it was 
overwhelmingly used for uninstalling programs, not for installing them. 
It offered no selection of programs you could install.

-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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