The Windows Vista Sidebar, included in Alpha versions, but missing from Beta 1, is now back for Beta 2.
To prove it here’s a screenshot provided by Microsoft at the PDC. We are told its components will be able to float anywhere on the desktop. Again, note the Aero Glass feature in all its glory. […]
Getting some attention at the PDC is a Windows Vista facility called Superfetch, which monitors both the data and applications accessed over time and preloads them into memory. This contributes to faster access all round.
“Superfetch works great if you have a reasonable amount of memory, and it works fantastic if you have boatloads of memory,” […]
Another Windows Vista screenshot, this time of stacked thumbnails at a slight angle, with the now familiar grass theme in the background. The Aero Glass feature is also clearly visible. To me this is a confused and untidy presentation which I’m sure Microsoft will remedy before final release.
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Jeremy Wright, who is currently creating courseware for Microsoft, points us to a video demonstrating the new Office 12 UI.
On his blog, Ensight, he enthuses : “Don’t make judgements on the new UI until you’ve watched about 20 minutes of the video. That’s about how long it took me to go from ‘this sucks’ to […]
A new screenshot of Windows Vista’s stacked thumbnails, just released by Microsoft at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. Note the “Glass” effect, clearly visible in this shot. [Via ZDNet]
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Opening Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles yesterday, Bill Gates introduced the first public demonstrations of Windows Vista and Office 12. For him, these products are the fruit of five years’ development work to put XML into the core of its architecture.
The Register reports : “Windows Vista introduces a set of ‘Gadgets’ that […]
The following media release from Microsoft highlights a joint venture between the company and Canon in the development of a new colour management system for Windows Vista :
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. and Canon Inc. today announced another major milestone resulting from the companies’ strategic alliance: a new color management system […]
More revelations from the PDC (Professional Developers Conference) which opened today in Los Angeles. Slashdot points us to a page of screenshots from the upcoming Office 12 suite of applications.
Look for the metallic grey design, reminiscent of the Aqua style of the Mac operating system, but impressive nonetheless.
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Addressing Brainshare, Novell’s annual European user conference in Barcelona, Chief Executive Jack Messman claimed that the costs of moving to Windows Vista for desktops will be significantly higher than switching to desktop Linux.
According to ZDNet : ” ‘The cost of migrating from Windows XP to Vista will be higher than the cost of migrating […]
Microsoft is getting round the massive hardware resources needed to fully implement the Windows Vista vision by reducing the features in the more basic of its seven projected “editions”.
According to Softpedia, the Starter and Home Basic editions won’t have the much-lauded Aero Glass graphics feature. They will present a “Classic” GUI similar to XP. “Other […]
Matt Hester, a TechNet presenter blogging from the PDC, points us to a podcast on IE7 by Joe Stagner.
Matt enthuses : “Do you want to learn more about IE7, well Joe Stagner is at it again!!! I just stumbled on a podcast that Joe did, he was able to get Dave Massy, who is […]
Paul Thurrott reports that he has received insider information about the product editions (SKUs) of Windows Vista, which Microsoft will announce at PDC this week. There will be two general categories, reflecting the two “editions” of XP : Home and Professional, with specialist subeditions in each category. The full list comprises :
In Windows Vista, the […]
This screenshot shows how IE7 will warn you of a possible phishing operation at a particular website.
Tariq Sharif has written a detailed account of this service over at Microsoft’s IE blog.
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Jose Francisco over at XPSource reveals that possibly seven new games for the Windows Vista Avalon graphics engine will debut at PDC. The site carries some blurred screenshots in microdot form ~ more than a touch of James Bond here we fancy. Or is it just an elaborate tease?
Jose speculates : “All new games which […]
With the PDC (Professional Developers Conference) only days away, much excitement is being generated by Microsoft around its wave of Longhorn products due to begin launching next year. A company spokesperson said that the PDC will focus on the “Longhorn/Vista and Office 12 user experience”.
InformationWeek reports : “[Microsoft] will debut a new software development kit […]
There’s a 16 minute video interview with Bill Gates available on Channel 9. The interviewer is a slightly awestruck Robert Scoble. The download is a crunching 260MB, so check your bandwidth tab before piping it in.
Bill ranges engagingly over the projects currently underway at Microsoft, including the Tablet PC, the new X Box, and Windows […]
Following our reports on APC magazine’s interview with Nigel Page, a strategist with Microsoft Australia, Robert Scoble has criticized Page’s conclusions on the hardware requirements for Windows Vista.
I quote Scoble’s post almost in full, because it’s an interesting one and crucial to Vista’s credibility in the marketplace :
” … the hardware requirements that Windows […]
Update on July 22, 2007 on Windows Vista DDR3 RAM compatability: Microsoft Windows Vista Rocks with 8GB of RAM for ReadyBoost
With the news that Windows Vista will need fast DDR3 RAM memory for optimum performance, we’ve been looking around at what people are blogging about the product, especially the timelines.
BitTech believes that : “DDR3 will […]
Slashdot is reporting a story running on a number of sites that claimants applying to FEMA in respect of Hurricane Katrina are getting error messages unless they’re using IE6 or higher.
The report quotes : “To file a claim online at FEMA’s Individual Assistance Center, where citizens can apply for government help, the browser must be […]
Microsoft has finalized the second version of Windows Beta, Build 5219, says Iain McDonald, Managing Director of Windows Server Group.
Presenting the new version of Windows Vista at the TechEd conference, Iain said that the Beta 2 will be distributed at the PDC (Professional Developer’s Conference), September 13-16 in Los Angeles.
He focused on […]
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