Vista’s OS-level Preview Pane
From the Microsoft Windows Vista web page:
The new Document Explorer makes working with your files a snap. Find your files more quickly with the new Live Icon feature, and see what they contain without having to open them.
That’s just the kind of thing that Microsoft has been aiming for with all of its OLE (Object LInking and Embedding) that’s been such a security nightmare in Windows and Office.
I hope they’re getting it right this time. All we need is an Operating System-level “preview pane” that let’s scripts and other nasties run…