TWAIN Drivers ??

Yup.. I did a 'search'... didn't find what I needed. We use Zoombrowser EX version 2.4... for several personal reasons. On my '98SE machine here it is fine.
On my wife's XP machine, the XP driver set installed something to do with TWAIN drivers. When she opens ZB, sets her G-1 to download to the PC, and clicks on "Import Images"... the correct line is "From Canon Camera", and she gets the usual Photos on Camera window. If she is in a hurry she sometimes clicks the SECOND LINE... something about Canon camera from USB, and she get a window discussing TWAIN drivers and a choice of Yes or No for that. She can stop the program and got back into it..doing the correct clicking, and all is fine...

But, I often wonder just WHAT THE HECK 'TWAIN' means, WHY she is asked if she wants to use it... etc???

Any help in 'our' education

Just to fill the time until someone who really knows what they're talking about shows up, I believe TWAIN drivers are generic device drivers, so you're usually better off with the specific ones if you can get them.

I know a lot of scanners use the TWAIN driver to import into photoshop, for instance, but their custom software usually has more features and a better interface.

Thanks, Bryan...I guess it doesn't mean much to anybody. And long ago I figured how to live with it. 'Just thought it would be interesting to UNDERSTAND something I didn't...