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How do you rate the new Windows Vista features?   [Edit]

Survey period: 9 Apr 2007 to 15 Apr 2007

Windows Vista has been out for a while so what do you think? 1 = horrible, 5 = fantastic.

OptionVotes12345 
Aero and the new Desktop Window Manager5510%0%0%0%0%
The improvements to Explorer and the Shell5510%0%0%0%0%
Transactional NTFS5510%0%0%0%0%
Search5510%0%0%0%0%
New applications (Mail, Contacts, improved Movie/DVD Maker etc)5510%0%0%0%0%
Improved Security and safety5510%0%0%0%0%
Mobile computing improvements (Sync, Sideshow, Power plans)5510%0%0%0%0%
Changes to Management and administration5510%0%0%0%0%
Usability - how easy is Vista to use?5510%0%0%0%0%
Windows Sidebar5510%0%0%0%0%



 
JokeVista not used yet Pin
Jetli Jerry8-Apr-07 19:40
Jetli Jerry8-Apr-07 19:40 
GeneralRe: Vista not used yet Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic9-Apr-07 1:24
Nemanja Trifunovic9-Apr-07 1:24 
GeneralNow, someone please explain this to me Pin
Duan Yu8-Apr-07 19:06
Duan Yu8-Apr-07 19:06 
GeneralRe: Now, someone please explain this to me Pin
El Corazon9-Apr-07 9:21
El Corazon9-Apr-07 9:21 
GeneralPreview handlers Pin
Raj Lal8-Apr-07 18:54
professionalRaj Lal8-Apr-07 18:54 
GeneralWhat features would you have liked? Pin
Ashley van Gerven8-Apr-07 18:29
Ashley van Gerven8-Apr-07 18:29 
GeneralRe: What features would you have liked? Pin
Pharago9-Apr-07 0:53
Pharago9-Apr-07 0:53 
GeneralRe: What features would you have liked? Pin
Chris Maunder9-Apr-07 2:17
cofounderChris Maunder9-Apr-07 2:17 
1. WinFS. This was always my #1 wish and I was very disappointed when it didn't make RTM

2. A clean, consistent interface. Aero is truly appalling and the work they did to make desktop apps look like web apps is ridiculous. Web app interfaces are cool because they do so much with so little. Desktop interfaces have so much freedom to be so much better. Make IE better so that webapps work like desktop apps. Don't try and make my desktop Web 2.0.

Stop trying to be clever and start actually being clever with UI design.

3. Simplified menus. That does not mean "bury choices under Yet Another Layer of Dialogs". That means: expose options more clearly. Get rid of all the fluff and present a single, common set of tabbed pages where I can configure how Windows works

4. No UAC.

5. The XP start menu. I have no idea what sort of strange idea it was to make the start menu cumbersome and klunky.

cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

GeneralRe: What features would you have liked? Pin
Shog99-Apr-07 8:09
sitebuilderShog99-Apr-07 8:09 

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