Comments on: IntelliAdmin.com: The 5 sins of Vista http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/ User Experience Design & Research, written by Harry Brignull Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: hanford http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-366 hanford Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:49:21 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/#comment-366 The File Dialog change is really the only sin on that list, in my uninformed opinion. The others are legit complaints but hard for me to get behind as sins. The file copy sucks, but it sucks no less than the previous versions, apparently. Removing full-text search is a bit bizarre, but I never used it anyway -- this is something that the untouchable gods at Google can't even get right. But of course that File Dialog sounds hellish. "Transparent windows demand newer, faster PCs." I'm fairly sure you can turn all that whiz-bang stuff off. The File Dialog change is really the only sin on that list, in my uninformed opinion. The others are legit complaints but hard for me to get behind as sins. The file copy sucks, but it sucks no less than the previous versions, apparently. Removing full-text search is a bit bizarre, but I never used it anyway — this is something that the untouchable gods at Google can’t even get right. But of course that File Dialog sounds hellish.

“Transparent windows demand newer, faster PCs.”

I’m fairly sure you can turn all that whiz-bang stuff off.

]]> By: Matt C http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Matt C Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:44:10 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/#comment-361 The brilliant Eben Moglen predicted in 2000 that the ramificatiosn of the antitrust ruling against microsoft would distract them from their actual operations so much that they couldn't possibly keep up. Cf. the embroglio with the EU, and another round starting up in Comes v. MS. The brilliant Eben Moglen predicted in 2000 that the ramificatiosn of the antitrust ruling against microsoft would distract them from their actual operations so much that they couldn’t possibly keep up. Cf. the embroglio with the EU, and another round starting up in Comes v. MS.

]]> By: Mister_ranty http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Mister_ranty Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:34:29 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2007/01/25/intelliadmincom-the-5-sins-of-vista/#comment-349 Transparent windows demand newer, faster PCs. They are purposefully making our current computers obsololete. What actual real benefit do they offer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence Transparent windows demand newer, faster PCs. They are purposefully making our current computers obsololete. What actual real benefit do they offer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

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