What to look for in Windows 7

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• contents view

  as i pointed out during the beta, full row select is not for people that use single click. this view just exacerbates the problem, as there is not a hell of a lot room to click in the window to set the focus so the scroll wheel is functional.

  

  g_keramidas@...

  4 May, 2009 19:40

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  • Hmmm...

    My scroll wheel is active without any clicking required. All I have to do is move it over the contents pane to begin scrolling. Maybe that was a bug that got fixed?

    

    Ed Bott

    5 May, 2009 06:01

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• Interface needs more perceptual ergonomics less data base presentation -NT

  NT

  

  raycote

  5 May, 2009 08:04

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  • What are you talking about?

    ...

    

    Ed Bott

    5 May, 2009 08:45

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• Looks very much like the Mac app bar to me!!

  Just needs to get bigger when you browse your mouse over each program icon...!

  

  jon@...

  5 May, 2009 09:49

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  • Coattail riding

    "App bar" or officially, the Dock. This is just another case of MS riding Apple's coattails. Now where did I put that Zune player...

    

    psudeke1@...

    5 May, 2009 13:05

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  I can't even get IE8 to work and now you push 7 on us.

  

  robnjuli@...

  5 May, 2009 09:50

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• How do I get rid of XP from off my computer, so that I can take full advan?

  getting rid of of OS

  

  hhguy

  5 May, 2009 10:20

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  If I already have the beta(not installed) , will this automatically upgrade or update to RC after installing from beta?

  

  Unemployed Telecom Guy / Full Time Student Guy

  5 May, 2009 10:23

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  Will it be possible to add a Windows 7 RC to a home network with XP Pro's and OSX's? If so, How please?....Somehow networking on Windows 7 implies that it is only supported on other Windows 7 machines. Thanks

  

  grivera47@...

  5 May, 2009 13:29

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  • Install it and play around

    How else do you figure out how something new works?

    

    hoffmancarl

    5 May, 2009 16:10

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    • Thats perfectly fine

      Yeah installing it and playing around is the best option, I personally can't wait to test drive it. But reading on the Microsoft Win 7 site, something bothered me. March 2010, You will get a message from Windows saying that it will begin to shut down your system every 2 hours until June 2010, unless you buy and install a retail version. That I'm not looking forward to

      

      barker225

      6 May, 2009 20:43

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      • Windows 7

        What else would you expect from Microsoft?
        
        As far as I'm concerned, Windows 7 is just an upgrade from Windows XP.

        

        DaveFeign

        6 May, 2009 22:56

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  I'm not sure? Can I download it to DVD-R
  tripm69

  

  tripm69

  6 May, 2009 02:22

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  Having played around with the Beta version for a month and now running the RC 1 Ultimate 64 version, I think Microsoft finally got it right.

  

  wds21921@...

  7 May, 2009 10:38

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• What I really like...

  is how much MS took from Apple OS-X. Of course, since so much of
  OS-X is now ring fenced by patents, there is less than it would have
  been.
  
  Kudos to MS for being such slavish thieves.
  
  Then again, they have decades of experience!

  

  Jeremy W

  9 May, 2009 18:48

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• RE: Contents view is new (What to look for in Windows 7)

  It's funny how the Mac fanboys are always some of the quickest to speak out when there is something new with MS.
  
  Thank you MS for not including the bouncing icons on PC's.

  

  dmandvm

  12 May, 2009 20:32

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