Forbes takes a look at Vista, and writes: "More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The result? A vista slightly more inspiring than the one over the town dump. The new slogan is: 'The Wow Starts Now', and Microsoft touts new features, many filched shamelessly from Apple's Macintosh. But as with every previous version, there's no wow here, not even in ironic quotes. Vista is at best mildly annoying and at worst makes you want to rush to Redmond, Wash. and rip somebody's liver out." They also look at Office 2007.
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Member since:2005-07-06
I would like to know why you think Explorer is cluttered?
And also, how yes, Classic View of the Control Panel is cluttered... that's why it's the classic view and they designed a new one.
Then you also can just type in the search bar on the start menu what control panel app you want and it will come up.
Member since:2006-06-03
Then you also can just type in the search bar on the start menu wha...
I've heard this argument a number of times, the problem is that using Search boxes is just not the Standard Operating Procedure for a User. Yes, they're cool, but they only help people if they're aware of them, or what they do. People have to know which search boxes will search for: their files, sections of the current application, the contents of the current document, or anything elese.
Search Bars will not become the global solution to finding data untill users learn how to use them, and programmers learn how to disambiguate them.
Member since:2006-09-03
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2005-07-17
Linux desktop (meaning standard KDE desktop like in Suse or Gnome desktop in Ubuntu) is much more usable than Vista. It's not that Windows is bad, XP is quite good and very easy to use but Vista is a step back. Explorer and Control Panel, two most essential parts of user interface, are just horrible mess with incredibly cluttered design and lots of bugs. I suppose that most people reading OSnews are technically competent and there's no reason to be surprised that Linux was recommended before OSX, especially that former one is often considered too restricting.