The Vista taskbar: it's worse than XP's
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| Rather than cutting the functionality altogether, Microsoft could
| have simply made undocking a toolbar a more deliberate action (e.g.
| via a context menu) rather than a drag-and-drop thing, so that Flora
| Average didn't do it accidentally with her less-than-stellar
| hand-mouse coordination while trying to open Microsoft Word.
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http://apcmag.com/3106/the_vista_taskbar_its_worse_than_xps
Related:
Vista's "Open With" Dialog a MAJOR step back!
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| The only program to choose from is the officially associated program.
| I went on to click ?Browse?, and I was greeted with the following
| window, where I had to manually search for Wordpad to open the
| configuration file! Leading to wastage of seconds from my life,
| just because Microsoft changed something that didn?t need any
| change at all.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/vistas-open-with-dialog-a-major-step-back/
Vista's UI is a 'step back,' analyst says
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011819&intsrc=hm_list
Why power users will hate Vista
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| I've been testing Vista in the last few days and I've been trying to
| wrap my head around it. I'm trying to figure an objective approach to
| it, but it's really hard, because I simply don't like most of the
| things I see. One of the reasons for this is the fact that Windows
| Vista doesn't offer anything new for Windows power users - actually,
| it's only taking away from them.
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http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/01/24/why-power-users-will-hate-vista/
Why Has Microsoft Abandoned the Power User?
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| I don't know about you, but I'm feeling abandoned these
| days, as Windows Vista and Internet Explorer are
| increasingly closed off.
|
| How about you -- do you see any evidence of this
| disturbing trend?
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http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2006/10/why_has_microsoft_abandoned_th.html
Microsoft Power Users, Part II
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| There's no Microsoft Power User "WinHEC" out there. Microsoft
| is all about the developer, and seldom seems to cater to the
| true enthusiasts. There's a loosely-constructed MVP program
| (of which I am a member, with the Windows Digital Media
| distinction), but no real company mission to listen to what's
| going on in the world outside the Microsoft (to use their word)e
| cosystem. And because of that, we end up with sloppy,
| "just good enough" experiences. My earlier post on the
| pre-beta of Longhorn illustrates my point ENTIRELY.
|
| [...]
|
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/04/27/microsoft-power-users-part-i/
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