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Windows 7's device stage interface: Useful, or just pretty?
So you've got a new printer -- let's say an Epson Artisan 800 -- and you've got Windows 7.Plug in the device to your machine.
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So you've got a new printer -- let's say an Epson Artisan 800 -- and you've got Windows 7.
Plug in the device to your machine. What happens? Well, this:
From what I see, it might be useful, too. Check out the menu of options for the Epson (and the little mini Epson in the taskbar):
ZDNet's own Ed Bott didn't specifically include this on his list of notable changes of Windows 7, and rightly so, since it's more a tweak than a complete overhaul. Still -- it's worth noting if you're always swapping USB devices like me.
I haven't yet installed Windows 7 on my machine, but I know several of you have. Have you come across this menu? What did you think? Flash for the sake of flash, or utility in design?