User Interface

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…

OMG! Microsoft Listens…

Reported in Gavilan’s WeBlog, not only does Vista know about Daylight Saving Time (just like previous versions of Windows have known and automatically adjusted for it), Vista actually tells you ahead of time that Daylight Saving Time is coming.

More importantly, and more significantly, double-clicking on the clock in the Status Bar no longer brings up the interface to change the system date and time.

Now, the double-click brings up a clock (what a novel idea) and a link that you can use on those rare occasions when you actually want to change the system’s time.

This same display is where Vista tells that Daylight Saving Time is approaching and that it will automatically adjust the computer’s clock.

Vista’s OS-level Preview Pane

OMG! Microsoft Listens…