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Windows Vista Leaks ... Again!
10101001011 writes "The latest build of Windows Vista (5231) has been leaked to the public, again. This latest build includes some major revamping of Windows Media Player, including a smart interface. Also, IE 7 now sports tabs a la Firefox, under the address bar. Are these leaks accidental, or is Microsoft actually trying to pull a 360?"
Why can't Microsoft ever take the Google approach and do stuff simply? Notice it's not just tabs, but tabs with all sorts of other crap thrown in on the tab bar.
Why does EVERYTHING have to be so feature-bloated with them? Firefox, without any extensions or plugins, has The address bar, 5 navigation buttons, and the search bar an "Go" button (And the bookmarks toolbar folder, but that's easily hidden.
IE6 has Address Bar, 5 navigation buttons, Search, Favorites, History, Mail, Print, Edit with Word, Discuss, Research, Real, and Messenger on mine (and I did nothing to add most of those others, they just added themselves) on the Standard Buttons button bar. I mean, WTF? I've never used anything from Search to the right on that. They just occupy space and they're a distraction.
I'm a big believer in making it simple and allow plugins. Then the user can add whatever crap they want that's not standard. For those of us that like things uncluttered, we get it uncluttered. And that, is one of the big reasons I chose Firefox and will stick with Firefox after IE7 comes out.
so do most fo the apps written to run on them