
Six months ago, after a long gestation period, Microsoft finally released Windows Vista. Vista is a huge release; not only because of the long list of new features, but also because of its sheer size, and number of bugs and other oddities and downsides. The development process that lead to Vista has left many with a very bitter aftertaste; features were cut, codebases were scrapped, release dates postponed. A few days ago, Microsoft
released some sparse details on Vista's successor, internally dubbed 'Windows 7', and in order to prevent another Vista-like development cycle, here is what I would advise Microsoft to do.
Update: APCMag
reports that Julie Larson-Green, who was the driving force behind Office 2007's new Ribbon user interface, has been transferred to the Windows 7 GUI team.
Member since:
2005-09-27
Dealing with people who are not in know about computers doesn't really care either way about DRM, Vista Phone Home, User Account Control. They do complain that it seems Slow. But to the most part they feel kinda ripped off because they waited so long for the new version (so they could upgrade their PCs) and didn't get much in return. If you read they Hype that microsoft gave to it, it would seem that it would do everything that Windows 95 Promiced us. But still it went short.