Miscellanea 5
A batch of links, stuff I've read, or intend to read again and actually use (Yup, a "memo to self" type entry).
The last one is one that has attracted a lot of comments (53 at the time of writing), mostly people screeching about Microsoft not having consistently updated the UI in XP/Vista to match the visual style. My experience is that the majority of the UI that hasn't been updated is in areas that are seen once (the example Larry gives), or seen so seldom that it's barely rememberable. Surely things like UAC (yes, I happen to like the "protection" it offers - mainly due to the lack of family tech support I've had to provide on Vista boxes), Start Menu search (aka: mana from heaven) and all the other goodies in Vista are far, far more important?
- Gary Pilkington - Do you test your private methods?
- The Storage Team at Microsoft - Disabling Last Access Time in Windows Vista to improve NTFS performance
- Larry Osterman - Everyone wants a shiny new UI
The last one is one that has attracted a lot of comments (53 at the time of writing), mostly people screeching about Microsoft not having consistently updated the UI in XP/Vista to match the visual style. My experience is that the majority of the UI that hasn't been updated is in areas that are seen once (the example Larry gives), or seen so seldom that it's barely rememberable. Surely things like UAC (yes, I happen to like the "protection" it offers - mainly due to the lack of family tech support I've had to provide on Vista boxes), Start Menu search (aka: mana from heaven) and all the other goodies in Vista are far, far more important?
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