[edit] Windows Aero Windows Vista uses the Windows Aero graphical user interface. Windows Vista uses the Windows Aero graphical user interface.
Main article: Windows Aero
Premium editions of Windows Vista include a redesigned user interface and visual style, named Windows Aero (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open). Aero is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows versions, including glass-like transparencies, window animations and eye candy. Windows Aero also features a new default font (Segoe UI) with a slightly larger size, a streamlined style for wizards, and a change in the tone and phrasing of most of the dialogs and control panels.
In addition to the Windows Aero visual style, Windows Vista includes a "Windows Vista Basic" theme which does not use desktop composition, and is geared towards lower-end machines that are not able to use the Desktop Window Manager, and the "Windows Classic" and "Windows Standard" themes which are similar to the classic themes in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows Aero is not available in Windows Vista Home Basic and Starter editions, although the Desktop Window Manager is included in Windows Vista Home Basic.
[edit] Windows Explorer
Main article: Windows Explorer
[edit] Layout and visualization A typical Windows Explorer window showing the Navigation Pane to the left, the Properties Pane at the bottom. A typical Windows Explorer window showing the Navigation Pane to the left, the Properties Pane at the bottom.
Windows Explorer's task pane has been removed, integrating the relevant task options into the toolbar. A Favorites pane on the left contains commonly accessed folders and prepopulated Search Folders. Seven different views are available to view files and folders, namely, List, Details, Small icons, Medium icons, Large icons, Extra large icons or Tiles. File and folder actions such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Delete, Rename and Properties are built into a dropdown menu which appears when the Organize button is clicked. It is also possible to change the layout of the Explorer window by using the Organize button. Users can select whether to display Classic Menus, a Search Pane, a Preview Pane, a Reading Pane, and/or the Navigation Pane. Document Properties are available from the common 'Open' and 'Save' dialog boxes, so it is easier to add metadata (such as author or subject) to a document. The metadata can be viewed and edited in the Properties Pane that shows up at the bottom of an Explorer window. The Navigation Pane contains a list of most common folders (the Favorites) for quick navigation. It can also show the folder layout of the entire hard drive or a subset of it. It can contain both real folders as well as virtual ones. By default it contains a links to folders such as Documents and the publicly shared folder, as well as virtual folders that search and present the saved virtual folders and that lists the recently changed documents. The Preview Pane can be used to preview the contents of a document, including viewing pictures in a size larger than the thumbnails shown in the folder listing, and sampling contents of a media file, without opening any additional program. Explorer can show a preview for any image format if the necessary codec authored using the Windows Imaging Component installed. Also, if an application installs proper handlers for the preview pane (like Office 2007 does), then the documents can be edited in the preview pane itself.[1]
Windows Explorer also contains modifications in the visualization of files on a computer. A new addition to Windows Explorer is the Details pane, which displays metadata and information relating to the currently selected file or folder. The Details pane will also display a graphical thumbn
What relibility issues should I be seeing and in what way is it a pain in the ass?
I must be doing something wrong because my copy of Vista doesn't exhibit any of the things you speak of.
Why would someone have to wait 5 weeks for a MRI?
The two major hospitals in my area have 1 or 2 MRI's each and this is in a town of less than 100,000 people.
From you links
"Despite even this level of throttling, Internet traffic, even on the best broadband connection, won't be affected. That's because the multiplicity of intermediate connections between your system and another one on the Internet fragments packets and slows down packet travel, and therefore reduces the rate at which systems transfer data.
The throttling rate Vista uses was derived from experiments that reliably achieved glitch-resistant playback on systems with one CPU on 100Mb networks with high packet receive rates. The hard-coded limit was short-sighted with respect to today's systems that have faster CPUs, multiple cores and Gigabit networks, and in addition to fixing the bug that affects throttling on multi-adapter systems, the networking team is actively working with the MMCSS team on a fix that allows for not so dramatically penalizing network traffic, while still delivering a glitch-resistant experience. "
Your entire rant is worthless due to the fact that you didn't even do BASIC research before posting.
http://quote.yahoo.com/q?s=msft
HINT - look at the dividend section
I do know about such an issue - but it isn't caused by what you think. Why don't you 1: log in so I know who I am talking to and 2: research the issue(s) yourself?
KTHXBYE!
Vista brings in 300 million to 750 million USD per month. That isn't the definition of failure.
Look at it another way - Vista brings in more for microsoft in 2 months then Redhat and Novell gross on Linux per year.
"something tells me Mr. Schneier doesn't have a firm handle on the concept, and if there were many properly-executed uses of steganography in the wild, he wouldn't have noticed them."
Those few words show just how far the tech level of this site have fallen...
First - I don't work for Microsoft.
Second I have Vista installed on my main windows development box.
Third -- My 5 year old son can figure out Vista, why can't you?
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Shell & User interface
[edit] Windows Aero
Windows Vista uses the Windows Aero graphical user interface.
Windows Vista uses the Windows Aero graphical user interface.
Main article: Windows Aero
Premium editions of Windows Vista include a redesigned user interface and visual style, named Windows Aero (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open). Aero is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows versions, including glass-like transparencies, window animations and eye candy. Windows Aero also features a new default font (Segoe UI) with a slightly larger size, a streamlined style for wizards, and a change in the tone and phrasing of most of the dialogs and control panels.
In addition to the Windows Aero visual style, Windows Vista includes a "Windows Vista Basic" theme which does not use desktop composition, and is geared towards lower-end machines that are not able to use the Desktop Window Manager, and the "Windows Classic" and "Windows Standard" themes which are similar to the classic themes in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows Aero is not available in Windows Vista Home Basic and Starter editions, although the Desktop Window Manager is included in Windows Vista Home Basic.
[edit] Windows Explorer
Main article: Windows Explorer
[edit] Layout and visualization
A typical Windows Explorer window showing the Navigation Pane to the left, the Properties Pane at the bottom.
A typical Windows Explorer window showing the Navigation Pane to the left, the Properties Pane at the bottom.
Windows Explorer's task pane has been removed, integrating the relevant task options into the toolbar. A Favorites pane on the left contains commonly accessed folders and prepopulated Search Folders. Seven different views are available to view files and folders, namely, List, Details, Small icons, Medium icons, Large icons, Extra large icons or Tiles. File and folder actions such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, Delete, Rename and Properties are built into a dropdown menu which appears when the Organize button is clicked. It is also possible to change the layout of the Explorer window by using the Organize button. Users can select whether to display Classic Menus, a Search Pane, a Preview Pane, a Reading Pane, and/or the Navigation Pane. Document Properties are available from the common 'Open' and 'Save' dialog boxes, so it is easier to add metadata (such as author or subject) to a document. The metadata can be viewed and edited in the Properties Pane that shows up at the bottom of an Explorer window. The Navigation Pane contains a list of most common folders (the Favorites) for quick navigation. It can also show the folder layout of the entire hard drive or a subset of it. It can contain both real folders as well as virtual ones. By default it contains a links to folders such as Documents and the publicly shared folder, as well as virtual folders that search and present the saved virtual folders and that lists the recently changed documents. The Preview Pane can be used to preview the contents of a document, including viewing pictures in a size larger than the thumbnails shown in the folder listing, and sampling contents of a media file, without opening any additional program. Explorer can show a preview for any image format if the necessary codec authored using the Windows Imaging Component installed. Also, if an application installs proper handlers for the preview pane (like Office 2007 does), then the documents can be edited in the preview pane itself.[1]
Windows Explorer also contains modifications in the visualization of files on a computer. A new addition to Windows Explorer is the Details pane, which displays metadata and information relating to the currently selected file or folder. The Details pane will also display a graphical thumbn
What relibility issues should I be seeing and in what way is it a pain in the ass? I must be doing something wrong because my copy of Vista doesn't exhibit any of the things you speak of.
What is so bad about Vista when running on modern hardware?
What hardware do you have that doesn't have 64 bit drivers?
Why do you have a computer?
Why would someone have to wait 5 weeks for a MRI? The two major hospitals in my area have 1 or 2 MRI's each and this is in a town of less than 100,000 people.
CRT != LCD...
I we liked things that made sense and were internally consisting we would not be posting on /.
How long does it take to start on your Q6600?
From you links "Despite even this level of throttling, Internet traffic, even on the best broadband connection, won't be affected. That's because the multiplicity of intermediate connections between your system and another one on the Internet fragments packets and slows down packet travel, and therefore reduces the rate at which systems transfer data. The throttling rate Vista uses was derived from experiments that reliably achieved glitch-resistant playback on systems with one CPU on 100Mb networks with high packet receive rates. The hard-coded limit was short-sighted with respect to today's systems that have faster CPUs, multiple cores and Gigabit networks, and in addition to fixing the bug that affects throttling on multi-adapter systems, the networking team is actively working with the MMCSS team on a fix that allows for not so dramatically penalizing network traffic, while still delivering a glitch-resistant experience. "
Your entire rant is worthless due to the fact that you didn't even do BASIC research before posting. http://quote.yahoo.com/q?s=msft HINT - look at the dividend section
If I was paid by Microsoft I would have a faster system then the 1.6Ghz dual core Pentium I am using...
I do know about such an issue - but it isn't caused by what you think. Why don't you 1: log in so I know who I am talking to and 2: research the issue(s) yourself? KTHXBYE!
What does Vista try to hide. Provide multiple examples please.
How is DRM responsible for network performance drops in Vista?
What is so bad about Mono?
Vista brings in 300 million to 750 million USD per month. That isn't the definition of failure. Look at it another way - Vista brings in more for microsoft in 2 months then Redhat and Novell gross on Linux per year.
What apps?
Ok. What problems did you have with Vista? BTW I do perfer Vista to XP.
Does everything in the damn world have to be blamed on Vista? Next on Slashdigg: The fires in California - Vista responsible?
I vote for more spending for Pickles!
Funny when my Vista system boots I don't get any dialog boxes.
"something tells me Mr. Schneier doesn't have a firm handle on the concept, and if there were many properly-executed uses of steganography in the wild, he wouldn't have noticed them." Those few words show just how far the tech level of this site have fallen...
Vista's client share is already greater than that of Linux, at least on the desktop.
First - I don't work for Microsoft. Second I have Vista installed on my main windows development box. Third -- My 5 year old son can figure out Vista, why can't you?