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A Very Vista Wishlist
This is a list of the things, big and small, that I would like in Windows Vista.
As you already know, it is the holidays, which is an ancient Literalasion phrase meaning “a time when everyone makes lists to give to other people.” This, deep thinkers, is my list. This is a list of the things, big and small, that I would like in Windows Vista.
- Update the mouse pointers. The mouse pointers in Windows have been static since Windows 95. A little bit of color and some anti-aliasing will update the look without Microsoft having to go to the dark side of the issue (see this poster to get it).
- Make absolutely sure you have redone every icon in the new Vista style. I cannot tell you how annoying it is to see a Windows 98 icon mixed in with a Windows XP icon. By doing this, you can drastically improve the look and feel of the environment.
- Make the boot screen be good-looking and functional.Make the bootscreen true color in native resolution, and add a progress bar (a working one). Computer hardware has advanced enough to make this feasible, as far as I can tell. At least add a progress bar, since even Linux has one (at least Ubuntu does).
- Allow people to truly uninstall Internet Explorer. This is less of something that bothers me personally, but more the root of something that bothers me. I absolutely cannot stand it when people rant about how Explorer and IE are integrated, and somehow it’s so bad that it’s worth typing in Caps over. To quote myself:
One thing I hope microsft does with Vista is un-integrate IE form Explorer, if only to get some people to shut up about it (Nathan Lineback, I’m looking at you)
This sums up my personal wishlist for Vista. I am very excited about what features are already implemented in the latest CTP, and I’m anxious to see what the final version of AERO looks like, but if these are fixed in Vista, I will be very happy.
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| Liam | comments | views |
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Let it work with internationally accepted standards rather than exclusive, non-standard codes. That will improve communication with UNIX, Linux, Mac, etc.
Take it a step further… Microsoft should fully embrace standards everywhere, instead of trying to modify them and lock people into their own “standards” like WMP and .doc, as well as bastardizing existing standards like Kerberos.
But one can dream, right?
| Dec. 24, 2005 | |
| Arden | 1:18 pm |
It would be impossible to make IE uninstallible, at least not without starting with the w95/nt 4 interface as a foundation. After w98 the GUI and IE have been interdependant.
| Dec. 25, 2005 | |
| 10:09 pm |
It would be impossible to make IE uninstallible, at least not without starting with the w95/nt 4 interface as a foundation. After w98 the GUI and IE have been interdependant.
That’s the point, though — Microsoft completely integrated the browser into the operating system, which has a few benefits when you use a browser window as a directory window (like entering a URL in any directory window), but it really doesn’t make a lot of sense and it impedes the ability for people to choose not to use IE. A browser should display web pages and the file system should have an application like Finder (which has many bugs, yes, but it’s made only for browsing the file system).
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| Dec. 25, 2005 | |
| Arden | 10:36 pm |
IE is not intergrated into Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista. You can run the system without it or it’s render engine (Trition) but you’ll break anything that uses it which includes WMP, Messenger, Active Desktop, thumbnail previewing, and more.
The Document Explorer in Vista does not display web pages like the old Windows Explorer did. When you type a web addy into the addressbar it just opens IE or your default browser (haven’t tested it with anything other than Maxthon though).
Using the new deployment tools that will ship with Vista, Vista Embedded, and Longhorn Server you can quite easily have your system have only things you want it to have. For instance, you could have a system that has zero Win32 or WinFX compatibility… so you’ll basically just have a kernel. From there you can build the system piece by piece.
IE is not intergrated into Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista. You can run the system without it or it’s render engine (Trition) but you’ll break anything that uses it which includes WMP, Messenger, Active Desktop, thumbnail previewing, and more.
You contradict yourself here. If one cannot remove a component of the operating system without breaking other applications that come with the operating system, that means it’s embedded. Additionally, it has proved very difficult to truly remove IE without removing the render engine (why would you want to remove Webkit just because you don’t like Safari, for example? Many other applications rely on it).
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| Dec. 25, 2005 | |
| Arden | 11:01 pm |
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How about:
Let it work with internationally accepted standards rather than exclusive, non-standard codes. That will improve communication with UNIX, Linux, Mac, etc.