Windows 7...to install or not to

[TheAnimus]

I quite like the idea of an application been able to bring its thumbnail view up for an alert.

Rather than just flashing which has been the norm since NT

[Splash]

I'm not convinced as to the "don't run it as your main OS" argument. Obviously make sure everything is backed up, but I ran it for a week or 2 and managed to find a whole chunk of bugs that I wouldn't have found were I not running it as my main OS.

In the end I restored my backed up Vista image as there were a couple of dealbreakers (both related to DRM being incompatible), but I submitted a whole raft of bugs and so feel I've contributed to the public beta.

[moogle]

Remember to prepare for reinstalling in August.

[dangel]

I like some of the UI tweaks.

Allowing progress bar apps (like file copy) to act as progress bars when minimised is clever. Allowing you to override what the shutdown button does (unlike vista) is about damn time.

Progress isn't restricted to minimized apps - any app can do it at any time. Vista's 'shutdown' button can be configured as you like m'dear..

[dangel]

Remember to prepare for reinstalling in August.

Maybe sooner - we're going to see a RC build and the RTM build might be around much sooner than originally thought

[directhex]

Vista's 'shutdown' button can be configured as you like m'dear..

That I've never found it, yet found it straight away on 7, says something

[moogle]

That I've never found it, yet found it straight away on 7, says something

Linux user doesn't know way round Windows?

What with Linux being all the more setty uppy (I'm assuming you're a Linux user/fan of it here) I thought you'd have found it easily.

[directhex]

That I've never found it, yet found it straight away on 7, says something

Still took me three minutes of digging.

Start -> Control Panel -> type "power" into the search box since no obvious button yields the right section -> Power Options -> Change Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings

Why isn't a start button setting available from start button right click -> Properties?

[directhex]

What with Linux being all the more setty uppy (I'm assuming you're a Linux user/fan of it here) I thought you'd have found it easily.

You think? Here, try something for me.

Set Vista to "focus follows mouse" mode, without using a third party utility of questionable quality. Not "focus follows mouse with autoraise", just focus.

Here, it's..... 4 clicks. System -> Preferences -> Windows -> tick the box -> Close

[moogle]

You think? Here, try something for me.

Set Vista to "focus follows mouse" mode, without using a third party utility of questionable quality. Not "focus follows mouse with autoraise", just focus.

Here, it's..... 4 clicks. System -> Preferences -> Windows -> tick the box -> Close

But that's got nothing to do with a feature that exists in Vista has it?

Yes I can't find the focus follows mouse because the option is not there in Vista. If it were I could find it though.

[directhex]

But that's got nothing to do with a feature that exists in Vista has it?

Yes I can't find the focus follows mouse because the option is not there in Vista. If it were I could find it though.

It's a feature in Vista. If you like regedit & hexedecimal arithmetic

[moogle]

It's a feature in Vista. If you like regedit & hexedecimal arithmetic

Well it's not readily available yes. But what I was saying that the feature that was/is shouldn't have been hard for you to find.

[directhex]

Well it's not readily available yes. But what I was saying that the feature that was/is shouldn't have been hard for you to find.

Start -> Control Panel -> type "power" into the search box since no obvious button yields the right section -> Power Options -> Change Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings is an obvious place to find a start menu setting to you?

[moogle]

Start -> Control Panel -> type "power" into the search box since no obvious button yields the right section -> Power Options -> Change Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings is an obvious place to find a start menu setting to you?

No it isn't but it's easily found with a google search or if like me you set your power plan settings when you install the OS.

[dangel]

That I've never found it, yet found it straight away on 7, says something

Your lack of google skills? As maybe. *chortle*


Anyway, they've moved it to a more sensible place on 7, so really no point in getting too upset. right click on start->properties.
Much of the UI changes in 7 are like that - evolutionary in the sense of "why didn't they do that in the first place". That said, Vista was far
more configurable than XP.

[directhex]

Your lack of google skills? As maybe. *chortle*

Why should I need a search engine and to wade through ****ty blogs and forums to find how to change basic settings? Why isn't it just obvious (the way, as you say, it is in W7)?