User Account Control makes us safer, trading small, short-term annoyances (like extra clicking) for big, long-term annoyances (like malware removal).
3eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Integrated Search
Integrated Search means faster access to files, programs and people.
4eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Mobility Center
Mobility Center collects laptop and tablet options. Its open to OEMs–lets hope they give our system trays a break and actually use it.
5eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Metadata
Expanded support for file metadata can help make integrated search more useful.
6eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Stacked
Stack it, sort it, group it–Windows Explorer offers new ways to look at our stuff.
7eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Previous Versions
Restore a previous version of the document you lost–and leave IT alone.
8eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – E-mail in Explorer
Thumb through your e-mail using Windows Explorer–provided youre running one of the supported Microsoft mail clients.
9eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Windows Sidebar
The variety of gadgets out there for Windows Sidebar has so far been underwhelming. Wed really be impressed by support for Mac OS X gadgets.
10eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Network Applet
We have no love for the new system tray networking icon. It sports a bunch of new right-click options, none of which were interested in, and it doesnt let you directly view available wireless networks, DHCP connections and adapter status (as Wind
11eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Aero Is Fancy
With the right graphics adapter, Vista will let you shuffle fancifully through your open Windows.
12eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Tab Tiling
It doesnt make up for the browsers lack of search-while-typing functionality, but Internet Explorer 7s tile tabbing is a handy feature we hope to see soon in Firefox.
13eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Control Panel Vistas
From a usability standpoint, one of Vistas real strengths is the way it makes the Windows Control Panel more accessible and more context-sensitive than its been in the past.
14eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Vista Pre-RTM – Customize Start Menu
The Windows Start Menu has become more useful and more configurable under Vista.
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