Re: [udig-devel] Problem Launching UDig on Windows XP

["Ken Lord" <kenlord@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not to be a pain on this topic, but it must be time for me to rant
about it yet again.  8D

 ...the problem of launching Udig in Windows XP from the shortcut
installed by Udig's very own installer is an old familiar problem that
goes back a couple years and many versions, that has been posted to
the list many times.

Perhaps it doesn't affect everyone, but for those like myself who are
affected it definately gives this wonderful product a distinct
'unpolished' feel you might say ... as does the refractions.net
homepage that has been broken for years for the great horde of IE
users out there. But the arguement over making a 'standard' website
versus a website that people can actually view can be left for another
time.

Back on topic, Long time users of Udig know to delete the shortcut
that Udig's very own installer created and manually make a new
shortcut that points to the Udig executable, or to just start the
program directly from the executable.

I'm sure some first time Udig users figure it out, but no doubt many
just assume that Udig is stillborn and move on, never to know how
useful the product is, and never to discover and join the community
that supports the product.

Thank you for reading my rant, it was written not with any offense
intended, but with a little shock and surprise that this problem still
has not been fixed after all this time, or at least displayed as a
warning message during installation.

Cheers,
Ken Lord
Vancouver Bc