I’m sorry but what you described is at least semi-geekish behavior and I would have to plead guilty myself. I do look over the interfaces of things but the fact is that the great majority of users do not. As I have said before, the majority of those with security apps of any kind installed will never even open the UI.
Therefore CIS only fails for a minority of people. The great majority don’t have any need to use or even see the more advanced settings. As a matter of fact, there is not a single other person in my circle of family and friends who would even want or be able to do as much as I do. I’m known as the geek of the group and there really is nothing missing from the current UI that I would use or feel is absolutely necessary to have.
I’ve big new for you, your family and friends. Windows has released a few month ago WinRT. You should have a look at it and switch to it. With WinRT, you won’t even be allowed to install a Security Suite unless you jailbreak it, what I’m sure you won’t. Wow isn’t that wonderful for you, not a single security software UI to look at? All you have to do is remember the color of the big button you have to push or click if you want to launch an application. You’ll be in a walled garden, just what you’re looking for.
If you have nothing to put up as hard evidence, all you have is hearsay. Until you have some real facts you should refrain from making sweeping statements.
I have the real facts of every non geekish home user I have ever known never bothering with the UI of their security apps. That’s all I need and beyond that, it’s just well known fact.
Instead of discussing all this facts extremely subjective stuff again:
The interface is for those who want to use it.
USERinterface.
Simple enough to understand?
I’m not arguing that. If you want that stuff that’s fine. I’m just saying that most people will never care about or use them and thank God it’s no longer necessary to do so to use the program.
Then if those users don’t even USE the interface, when why the hell should it be modeled for them? (I’m not saying that you implied it should be (I don’t know your views on this)) If these users don’t even want to use the interface, then why make a complete userinterface for these people? They aren’t even going to use it! So instead of making a UI for people who won’t use it, do it for the people who want to use it!
Edit: Clarified the part where I say that I don’t know his view.
Edit 2: Clarified the edit… (stupid me)
The current UI is NOT modeled that way. You are able to go in and change a multitude of settings, just not enough for some people so your argument is invalid. For me, the current UI is fine for the most part with the exception of how the scheduled scans are deeply buried. If the UI was made for the people who won’t use it, there would be no options at all. It is more accurately made for users like me who like having some configuration options but have no need for all the details like connection info and hands on creation or editing of rules. I’m not against those things being available but I would never use them.
I barely remember a cry about the old interface.
And if someone had a question, its was obvious to describe.
But today you even have to tell how to flip something to see something to get to something to reach something to find something, and there you have to press this before you change that… etc…
With supporters eyes its looking mad.
If you try to help people with problems, you will see the mess in detail.
The old interface had parts. Each part had its tab. And the main window included usefull and necessary information.
Thats something to work with. Thats something able to be explained in cases of help.
The new one does NOT support anyone. It only paints a picture of a philosophy. No one has a benefit of it. But many have a problem.
While there is some truth in what you say, I don’t think it’s all that bad except for the scheduled scan options being buried so deeply you don’t even know there are default ones until they happen. I didn’t have much trouble at all finding the other settings I wanted and I was coming in to it totally cold with no pre-knowledge of what it looked like. I also was no longer used to using the old UI since I hadn’t seen it since v5.3. To be honest, I don’t even remember much of what it looked like except that it was bright red, which I actually liked.
im getting ■■■■■■ with these kids arguing about geek or non-geek.
what do you think a geek is? o.O
get over the wonderland kid. go back to real world. geek is not about user interface, is not about “look at the configurations in a easy and direct way”, its just not that…
if “YOU” are a kid without ANY KIND OF KNOWLEDGE so shut up. that doesnt meens that everybody has to be like you.
geek, geek, so much cry for nothing. cis6 interface sux and thats a fact. even the comodo devs are working to bring some features/infos back in front… even they…
Yes I do see positive things in the interface and I believe they are important things. The new interface is very well suited to people trying CIS for the first time. For the more novice among them, not having technical details and language right up front would greatly lessen the chances they would be scared off thinking the program is only for geeks. I agree with the suggestion that when these more advanced options are added to the UI, that there should also be a button to switch between the advanced interface and the more basic one with the default being basic. Retaining the basic UI will more greatly enable CIS to move out of the niche position it has always occupied in the security apps field and gain greater acceptance by the masses.
This thing will send. And if its sandboxed or not, it is allowed to send without question in blind default.
The only effective “benefit” that “your expected crowd” will have:
They dont know what just happened (for example with their money).
It is so easy to find examples of bad effects. While positive things are just abstract. And opinion.
The greatest danger is false feeling of security, while eyes are shut.
