Sunday, January 28, 2007

What single thing do you dislike most about Vista?

There are some things about Windows Vista that I like but at this point they are few compared to the dislikes. The new volume licensing is a mess; the control panel would be simply unusable were it not for the search feature that was copied from OSX; the boot screen is a boring, ugly green progress bar something-or-other; and the glitches, glitches, glitches. I just can't stand those GLITCHES, GLITCHES, GLITCHES!

Do I dare even mention how chaty and annoying UAC is? Oh, and I still suffer the app that pops up in front while I'm typing only to be dismissed before I can read it because it thought one of the keys I pressed was meant for it. How sad.

So, are you one of the brave souls using Vista? Can you really find the single thing you dislike most about Windows Vista? I sure can't.

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Thursday, January 04, 2007

R.I.P. FrontPage

With the release of Office 2007 comes the fact that FrontPage is no more. Well, actually it has split into two products: SharePoint Designer and Expression Web. Both products are standalone and thus not included in any of the Office suites. If you have Windows Server 2003 then SharePoint services is a free add-on and SharePoint Designer can help you to customize it. If you don't use SharePoint and your looking to upgrade FrontPage then Expression Web will be the product for you.

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Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year

What changes are in store for the year ahead?

  • Will Vista provide Microsoft continued domination of the desktop or will MacOS or Linux make further inroads?
  • Will the social aspects and AJAXyness of Web2.0 supplant more fat client apps?
  • Will more DRM content restriction and prevention be shoved down the throats of unsuspecting consumers?
  • How will video become easier for noobs to share and view... in high quality... on their TV?
No doubt there are more and better questions to pose and I'm certain your favorite search engine can find them for you.

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