I don't mind software bundles, instead I dislike when a hardware dealer has to meddle in which software I should use because of some stupid deal with Microsoft. A Linux distro can bundle as much as that one wants, as there's no one trying to force it on me, and so far that's why I've liked Google too. They're building web services people browse to willingly. If they're building a web based OS at os.google.com, I'd find that exciting to try out, not scary.
First they violate their own guidelines by removing the menu from the top of the window.
Just wait until they reveal they are actually following their new guidelines, and all others with the old style UI's aren't.:-)
(actually, I'm not really joking either)
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Oh, and one more thing, I can finally tell it to search on Google by typing search terms in the address bar without ugly hacks or anything. It's now a simple in-browser setting to avoid MSN Search, or if you rather want to use Yahoo! Search or others. A complaint is that there still seem to be hard to add your own searches, much like it is in Opera 8 (i.e. manual editing of external settings necessary). Grr... Hopefully this support won't end halfway here like in Opera.:-p
It seems suprisingly fast and stable in Vista Beta 1, and I'm talking fast. The switching of tabs are instantaneous at redrawing pages, similar to the speed of the latest Firefox 1.1 trunk builds. No flickers and strangeness found with the tabs you get by the horrible MSN Toolbar. It has also finally support for PNG alpha channels and is on its way at improving its CSS support, with CSS bug fixes in, and word there's improvement still going on in this area.
The phishing filter is beyond what's done by competing browsers, it has a quick "privacy cleaner" like the one found in Firefox 1.1, a by far improved add-on manager to see what add-ons are currently installed, and to easier install new add-ons.
The popup filter supports whitelisting and three levels of blocking.
Overall, I can't complain for a browser still only in its first beta.
Planet X is often the name given to a planet influencing Neptune's orbit. It was first thought to be Pluto upon its discovery, but its mass was later found to be too small to cause this.
Is this just about a random "planet possibly further out than Pluto" planet given a confusing name, or is it a planet indeed taking the role of Planet X?
This is what they've done to improve CSS support in Beta 1:
CSS Updates - Internet Explorer 7 includes fixes for issues with the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) feature. Both the peekaboo and guillotine bugs have been addressed, and work on other issues is under way to provide web developers with reliable and robust CSS functionality.
I definitely recommend reading through ALL of this: Review
It clarified a lot I didn't know about Vista, and it's *gasp* even a critical review, but still not one written by an anti-Microsoft zealot, but trying to keep a pretty open mind about it.
You can only answer that question if you first answer why you switched to Windows XP SP2. Was it only to get some software you use to work? Are you having no special security concerns with the access modes in Windows XP? In that case, you're probably OK with XP and I can't see too much going on in Vista yet that'll interest you,
But if you're interested in a redesigned restricted user mode that allows for a much more "*nix-like" experience in that you'll grant only certain apps elevated rights, while by default working in more of a sandbox (i.e. what *nix users have had for years but Windows never really experienced too well due to incompatible apps etc), and in general staying more in control in what rights you give apps to run with, Vista should definitely interest you. Especially if you for some reason, like compatibility concerns, can't take the step to e.g. Linux.
I think any serious IT professional at a company should take a good look at Vista, at least if you intend to continue runing Windows. Of course, it could get child diseases so I'd still wait for a service pack or two, but you may actually do a mistake by just thinking "XP is good enough for us" and shrugging it off with a premature "Any reasons to use this? No?" like you do.
Mission management team chairmain Wayne Hale says he doesn't know any details about the debris coming off the tank noted just after booster separation. He said the film experts will be studying all launch footage frame by frame, as was plan doing into this first post-Columbia launch.
Of course since Slashdot is already available from their default list of technology sites, why would you need the ability to include an RSS feed?
I just re-added Slashdot and will try them again. Last time I got temp banned for accessing their RSS feed too often. I guess that's what happens if you have Google Fusion as your start page. I hope Google has since updated their service so for each account accessing their page, Google don't *always* ask for the RSS feeds you subscribe to.
This didn't work on a known pirated copy I tried to check. It doesn't seem too accurate, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're checking against like 5 known CD keys or something on that order.
"Even more disturbing MSN's Virtual Earth still shows the twin towers of the World Trade Center in all their pre-9/11 glory."
Gee, I wonder if there's a relationship here...:-p
The Register sure have some l337 journalist and conclusion skillz.
They lie too, because AFAIK, they have no evidence Microsoft have "deleted" anything. A very strange choice of words if it's about looking on an outdated map.
RAID is your answer, if you can spend a little extra ( OK, OK, twice, jeez!;-) ) money.
I'm seriously thinking of finally going for RAID in my next computer for this size reason. That, and low noise levels. And a spiffy flat screen. That's enough of change in one go for me, I think. Doing away with non-RAID and CRT's. Jeez, what's the world coming to for a conservative geek!:-o
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I don't mind software bundles, instead I dislike when a hardware dealer has to meddle in which software I should use because of some stupid deal with Microsoft. A Linux distro can bundle as much as that one wants, as there's no one trying to force it on me, and so far that's why I've liked Google too. They're building web services people browse to willingly. If they're building a web based OS at os.google.com, I'd find that exciting to try out, not scary.
First they violate their own guidelines by removing the menu from the top of the window.
:-)
Just wait until they reveal they are actually following their new guidelines, and all others with the old style UI's aren't.
(actually, I'm not really joking either)
Oh, and one more thing, I can finally tell it to search on Google by typing search terms in the address bar without ugly hacks or anything. It's now a simple in-browser setting to avoid MSN Search, or if you rather want to use Yahoo! Search or others. A complaint is that there still seem to be hard to add your own searches, much like it is in Opera 8 (i.e. manual editing of external settings necessary). Grr... Hopefully this support won't end halfway here like in Opera. :-p
It seems suprisingly fast and stable in Vista Beta 1, and I'm talking fast. The switching of tabs are instantaneous at redrawing pages, similar to the speed of the latest Firefox 1.1 trunk builds. No flickers and strangeness found with the tabs you get by the horrible MSN Toolbar. It has also finally support for PNG alpha channels and is on its way at improving its CSS support, with CSS bug fixes in, and word there's improvement still going on in this area.
The phishing filter is beyond what's done by competing browsers, it has a quick "privacy cleaner" like the one found in Firefox 1.1, a by far improved add-on manager to see what add-ons are currently installed, and to easier install new add-ons.
The popup filter supports whitelisting and three levels of blocking.
Overall, I can't complain for a browser still only in its first beta.
Planet X is often the name given to a planet influencing Neptune's orbit. It was first thought to be Pluto upon its discovery, but its mass was later found to be too small to cause this.
Is this just about a random "planet possibly further out than Pluto" planet given a confusing name, or is it a planet indeed taking the role of Planet X?
This is what they've done to improve CSS support in Beta 1:
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The new OS is getting zero buzz.
:-/
About 5,000 peers are currently eating the heart of a torrent for it, so I disagree.
That's comparable to an illegal release of a smash hit game.
I definitely recommend reading through ALL of this: Review
It clarified a lot I didn't know about Vista, and it's *gasp* even a critical review, but still not one written by an anti-Microsoft zealot, but trying to keep a pretty open mind about it.
How come you are so sure of this?
Why do regular people switch to Firefox?
They expect each web site have its own window, right?
When do a user see a change as good, and when do they see one as bad?
You can only answer that question if you first answer why you switched to Windows XP SP2. Was it only to get some software you use to work? Are you having no special security concerns with the access modes in Windows XP? In that case, you're probably OK with XP and I can't see too much going on in Vista yet that'll interest you,
But if you're interested in a redesigned restricted user mode that allows for a much more "*nix-like" experience in that you'll grant only certain apps elevated rights, while by default working in more of a sandbox (i.e. what *nix users have had for years but Windows never really experienced too well due to incompatible apps etc), and in general staying more in control in what rights you give apps to run with, Vista should definitely interest you. Especially if you for some reason, like compatibility concerns, can't take the step to e.g. Linux.
I think any serious IT professional at a company should take a good look at Vista, at least if you intend to continue runing Windows. Of course, it could get child diseases so I'd still wait for a service pack or two, but you may actually do a mistake by just thinking "XP is good enough for us" and shrugging it off with a premature "Any reasons to use this? No?" like you do.
There's been updates since then:
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1605 GMT (12:05 p.m. EDT)
Mission management team chairmain Wayne Hale says he doesn't know any details about the debris coming off the tank noted just after booster separation. He said the film experts will be studying all launch footage frame by frame, as was plan doing into this first post-Columbia launch.
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Also, an image of the debris was posted.
Yep.
Of course since Slashdot is already available from their default list of technology sites, why would you need the ability to include an RSS feed?
I just re-added Slashdot and will try them again. Last time I got temp banned for accessing their RSS feed too often. I guess that's what happens if you have Google Fusion as your start page. I hope Google has since updated their service so for each account accessing their page, Google don't *always* ask for the RSS feeds you subscribe to.
This didn't work on a known pirated copy I tried to check. It doesn't seem too accurate, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're checking against like 5 known CD keys or something on that order.
Funny you find that amusing, when Virtual "Earth" actually just cover USA in any special resolution.
:-/
I find that far stranger than a bit old images.
"Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ"
:-p
"Even more disturbing MSN's Virtual Earth still shows the twin towers of the World Trade Center in all their pre-9/11 glory."
Gee, I wonder if there's a relationship here...
The Register sure have some l337 journalist and conclusion skillz.
They lie too, because AFAIK, they have no evidence Microsoft have "deleted" anything. A very strange choice of words if it's about looking on an outdated map.
They mean baseball bats.
Baseball bats, you say...?
So that's what this poster meant with that we shouldn't act like animals.
I hope I'll never have to face a baseball bat!
Noo, he meant "animals" in a deragatory sense, like "evil beasts"!
You know, like we all know how all bunnies are killer bunnies with +5 Vorpal Teeth.
I'm not saying Google is not innovating, but what is Microsoft supposed to do?
:-)
Die!
If that's not blindingly obvious by reading Slashdot, I don't know what is!
According to Neowin, Microsoft pulled the plug.
:-/
It's supposed to be back in a day or so, when you'll have more exciting rides with MSN Virtual USA.
And I'm annoyed it doesn't show roads in my country despite Google Earth doing it just fine. :-(
I hope they do the database conversion, or whatever is holding them back.
Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) is free in the version that supports roads there, so I doubt it's a commercial reason.
RAID is your answer, if you can spend a little extra ( OK, OK, twice, jeez! ;-) ) money.
:-o
I'm seriously thinking of finally going for RAID in my next computer for this size reason. That, and low noise levels. And a spiffy flat screen. That's enough of change in one go for me, I think. Doing away with non-RAID and CRT's. Jeez, what's the world coming to for a conservative geek!
Heh, sounds like Microsoft.
The guys that made that decision, if they were indeed "kinda experimental", must've had a temporary brain failure.
Because "Windows" was no existing trademarked name for computer software back then?
There's more information about Google Quotes here.
Google's new currency converter would've been more "news" in this sense.