Windows isn't Linux

[vakkotaur]

...but it can be made more tolerable than it is "out of the box."

Generally when I find I need some application for Windows, the first place I look is TinyApps which has links to programs that are for DOS or Window(95/98/NT/2k/XP) and small enough to fit on a floppy. Even if floppies are fading into history, it's a nice measurement. A small program doesn't take up much space, probably doesn't take up much memory, and has fewer places for bugs to hide. Also, small is beautiful - generally there isn't anything unnecessary, like ugly style-breaking default skins.

I had need of a stopwatch today. Looking at TinyApps (under Misc) I found a simple timer. There was also a simple calendar. Something I've gotten used to on Linux is being able to click on the clock and get a simple calendar that I can flip through the months. No scheduling or anything, it just shows me the days of the month(s). It sounds trivial, but it's one of those little things a person starts to just expect. So on Windows it's annoying when it's not there. I don't have it exactly as on Linux, but now there is a calendar icon next to the clock. And now XP is just that little bit more tolerable.

Comments

[timmowarner.livejournal.com]

I've always just gone to set the time and flipped the months forward when I needed a calandar. Which should show just how needed an actual calandar is.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

A fellow I work with suggested that and I tried it a couple times but found it too annoying to fiddle around with all the time. It's one of those things that if you've never had it, it seems like "why bother" but after having it for a while it's "why doesn't everything have this?"