How many engineers does it take to install Distiller

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From: James A. Duncan
Subject: How many engineers does it take to install Distiller
Date: 19:09 on 14 Aug 2003
So we're in the office working a bit later that usual and we're trying 
to install Adobe Distiller so that we can produce some PDF's from a 
program that doesn't export to any file format other than its own and 
we only have a Windows copy of.

Insert the CD from Adobe.
Up pops the infuriating 'AutoPlay.exe' window.

There are a few buttons that seem to do something.  There are two 
arranged horizontally on the top, and grab the eye, and are thus 
considered the important ones.  These are labelled 'Install Acrobat' 
and 'Explore Acrobat'.

Click 'Install'

It appears to do nothing.

Hmm.

Click 'Explore Acrobat' button.

It appears to do nothing.

Hmmm.

Remove CD, close everything down.

Insert CD.

Click 'Install'

It appears to do nothing.

Click 'Explore Acrobat' button.

It appears to do nothing.

Repeat.

Twice.

Finally I notice that clicking on the 'Explore' button changes the 
number of vertically aligned buttons.  Hmm.

Click on 'Install'

Click on horizontally aligned 'Install Acrobat 6.0'

Scream in anger, and head to $mail_client to rant about poor UI in 
software written by the same company that produces products for 
_designers_

Bah.

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