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I appreciate well written software
By "well written software" I mean "software that doesn't use the registry." Of course.
I just purchased myself a fancy new computer for all the fancy new video games (specs available on request) which has a new hard drive. When getting all my data back and everything up and running there is nothing like getting everything 100% like it used to be with little or no effort.
My four most-used applications, Pidgin, Firefox, Thunderbird, and foobar2000 all use the Application Data folder (now AppData/Roaming in Vista) to store all of their data, settings, and temp files. Which makes it ridiculously easy to transfer all the data over. I just have to copy and paste and open up the program and everything is exactly how it was.
It's not so for some programs though. Photoshop is the biggest offender. I always have to completely reconfigure Photoshop which can be a pain.
I really don't understand why anyone would use the registry for everything. Maybe the API to interact with it is easier to use. But manipulating text files in a folder is pretty damn easy too. I don't think it's a speed thing because all of these programs are very quick, with the exception of Firefox which can easily get a little large with extensions and whatnot.
I imagine all of these stuff would have gotten copied over if I had used, say, the file transfer program that comes with Windows. Would the library have come with Windows Media Player? That's a good question.
Anyway, my new computer is fast and has all my stuff on it. That's just good stuff.
Posted by Aquatakat on Friday, September 14th (13 Comments).