A leaked Microsoft presentation for hardware makers on Windows 8 reveals some insight into how the company is thinking about its next operating system upgrade. The leak comes from the Microsoft Journal, an enthusiast blog written by Francisco Martín García, who lists himself as a Microsoft VIP Tester. Here’s a few key points from the [...]
OK Microsoft, can we talk? Just between us, this is getting really embarrassing now. Every version of Internet Explorer that gets released seems to be Worse than the last one Much worse than the competition For the love of pete, do what American car manufacturers should have done years ago..COPY the competition! Everywhere I look [...]
All my email is cloud based. Most of my truly important files are backed up in “the cloud”. It does seem a little dated that when I use the Microsoft Windows operating system, I am still storing files on hard drives. I then have to move files and settings around on Flash Drives or DVD’s. [...]
Ok so this one is a little easier and more obvious. Advanced security is usually the number one thing people say they want in an operating systems upgrade but I am being a tad more specific. I would like to see the OS designed in such a way that different sections of the code are [...]
Microsoft tends to (appropriately) release several different versions of their operating system when they release it. Vista had multiple versions as did Windows 7 (Home Basic, Ultimate, Professional etc). One of the consistent pieces of feedback I get on my sites from visitors all over the world is, if you don’t live in a developed [...]
One of the features that I am really surprised hasn’t shown up in Windows yet is the 3d interactive desktop. Windows Vista had Windows Dreamscene. Windows DreamScene was a Windows Ultimate Extra. With Windows DreamScene, you were able to change your Windows Vista desktop background to a video clip, which would run in a continuous [...]
So, this is a tougher one to write about. Microsoft have struggled to simplify the control panel for the past several years and iterations of Microsoft Windows. Things got better with Windows 7 as they have made several improvements and it looks a lot more intuitive. Screenshots below… That’s the good news. The bad news [...]
