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WINDOWS 7 THREAD (ongoing)
f0dder:
Ah yeah, the Vista cursor set is also nicer than previous versions - I've fallen in love with Entis cursors, though :)
Darwin:
So pretty! :-*
( I wonder why no one at MS has thought of incorporating a popup launcher like FARR/Launchy into the OS. :tellme: )
Waitasec, is that what the Run dialog is supposed to be?
-nosh (October 29, 2008, 03:11 AM)
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The search field in the start menu functions as a file/program launcher in addition to finding content. It's not as robust as FARR or other dedicated launchers (for example, I don't think it can be trained), but it works quite well.
Josh:
Not as robust? Hell, I have had to stop using it due to little nicities included in it's search functionality. It's extremely quick and allows launching under admin rights simply by hitting CTRL+ENTER on the selected result. Very handy indeed.
Darwin:
Not as robust? Hell, I have had to stop using it due to little nicities included in it's search functionality. It's extremely quick and allows launching under admin rights simply by hitting CTRL+ENTER on the selected result. Very handy indeed.
-Josh (October 29, 2008, 08:41 AM)
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Well... as noted, you can't set it up to default to a particular program to launch, for example. I do find it very handy and don't run any other launcher under Vista. Thanks for the CTRL-ENTER tip :Thmbsup:
nontroppo:
Jump lists. That there is the single nicest feature I've seen UI wise:
{source: ars technica}
Contextual tools and links, wrapped in a nice API. This really has the potential to be a nice unique feature. OS X has it for a few apps like iTunes, but it is not standardised and ubiquitous as MS are aiming to do. Really lovely :-* It reminds me of Quicksilver in a good way.
I also welcome the user regaining full dominion over the (horrible) system tray, a welcome poke-in-the-eye to all the apps that fight over this piece of screen realestate (seems much better than the systray hiding mechanism of XP).
The other bits seem nice tweaks, they are playing catch-up to functionality elsewhere. I do think the window thumbnails are better than the kludgy flip3D.
So, er, reading between the lines, I'm sensing that overall performance is an issue for you, Superboyac?-Darwin
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:D :D :D
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