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So, Microsoft spent six years designing a ???Glass??? interface for Windows
Vista with translucent borders that sort of show stuff underneath. Of course,
most people new to PCs figure out the concept of stacking windows after
about 10 minutes of fiddling, so is this actually a solution to a genuine
usability problem, or just glitzy eye candy included to give those still using
XP a compelling reason to upgrade?
Here??™s another one: lots of people seem to get lost searching through long
menus for the tools they need, so once again, Microsoft snapped into
action. The team??™s first attempt was ???personalized menus?????”a feature
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found in earlier versions of Windows (including XP) and Microsoft Office??”
which caused about half the items in a menu to vanish so nobody could find
them. In Windows Vista, Microsoft took a different tack and removed the
menus altogether. The good news is that you??™ll no longer get lost looking
through menus. Of course, you won??™t be able to find anything, either.
Or take the fact that, for years, people have been complaining about the
time it takes to load Windows. Rather than making the operating system
leaner and cleaner so that it starts faster, Microsoft??™s designers have continued
to add features and complexity to the software, which results in longer
load times. The solution? Replace the Shut Down button in the Start menu
with a Sleep button, so once Windows starts, it??™ll stay loaded in memory
even when you shut it off.
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