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06 Nov 2008
Windows 7 introduces a number of user interface changes to make life easier for users. Here we've highlighted just a few of them.
The cleaned-up desktop of Windows 7 does away with the Sidebar in Vista and instead lets users position Gadgets anywhere on the screen.
Windows 7 offers one-click access to available networks from the Taskbar via this pop-up menu.
Built-in applications such as Paint and Wordpad (pictured) now have an Office-style ribbon menu.
Libraries in Windows Explorer group together content such as music or video, no matter where the files are stored on the computer or your network.
Jump Lists, such as this one from Windows Media Player, provide quick access to functions and recently accessed files in applications on the Taskbar.
Users can easily see what windows they have open, even multiple tabs in Internet Explorer, as shown in this image.
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Looking promising but...
Well it's looking promising, but then again so did Vista. If however there is one thing Microsoft is good at it's taking features from old operating systems and claiming they're new in another. I think they have let us down badly of late, but the Vista sidebar if you drag all of your items out of the bar and place them on your desktop and then close the sidebar magically they remain on screen, even after a reboot.
Posted by: Hayden 11 Nov 2008
It's not so bad, in fact I like it!
Like everyone I was dragged from Win98 to XP kicking and screaming but if I have to work on a 98 machine now I find it a nightmare and the same has to be said for Vista and XP. When I first started using Vista it was because I had to but I hated it because I couldn't make it do what I wanted it to do. As a support person I need to know what I'm supporting so I took the time to learn Vista properly and the more I learnt the more I liked. The start bar for example, just type what you want in the search bar and away you go, no more laborious searching for documents, emails etc. You don't even have to both searching for shortcut cuts to start a program. I love Aero too (both the chocolate and Windows versions). Don't get me wrong, there are things I hate. UAC for starters, the first thing I do is disable it and although I know how it works I still fail to see the advantage or point of it. One nice thing about Windows 7 I found when I had a sneaky peek was you can adjust the UAC rather than just turn it off. I also liked the control panel too, instead of having either category or classic view you now have category view with drop down menus for the items we all know and love. Anyway, I guess the bottom line is that Vista isn't so bad if you took the time to get to know it, how many people out there say they don't like it because their mate who knows a bit about computers said it was rubbish without being able to form their own opinion because they didn't take the time to learn how to use it properly?
Posted by: Tracey Couchman 11 Nov 2008
Chh Chh Changes
Nothing has actually changed. Pointless.
Posted by: Chris Voice Of Reason 07 Nov 2008
WordProcesser Option Windows 7
I have both XP & Vista operating systems. Both have good features, I still prefer XP to Vista .The one let down on Vista was definitely Wordpad & Notepad, very basic compared with XP wordprocesser. I hope they get the message and include a decent W/P in Windows 7, something like the free version of Jarte
Posted by: Popejohn 07 Nov 2008