Well, they better have an option to revert back to the old 'classic' windows style. The new graphics, transparency, etc.. stuff looks great. But I bet it consumes a lot more computer resources than the old style. Given a choice between a good look or running smoothly, I will choose running smoothly.
If you have a slow running machine that may be a problem... but for the people that get it the day it comes out, and run the beta's months before it comes out it usually isn't. With that said, I can't wait for the Longhorn err Vista release...
M$ products are generally buggy, even when they're the "final" versions. And here you guys are, wanting to use the BETA???
Related... ______ IE7 nukes Google, Yahoo! search Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 went on a limited beta release today and contains a nasty surprise for some users. Users with search toolbars from Yahoo! and arch-rival Google have discovered that these vanish. Other third-party toolbars designed to block pop-ups or aid with form filling appear to be working normally, according to reports from Reg readers. Click Here The default search engine is MSN Search. There are sound compatibility reasons for Microsoft disabling third-party toolbars in an early cut of the software. The beta is only available to Vista beta testers, and is available either as part of Vista itself or as a download for Windows XP, and affects only a few thousand people. But it does raise ominous echoes of Microsoft's previous tactics of foreclosing competition by hiding the alternatives available to users. For anti-competive reasons, Microsoft is unlikely to risk such a move in the finished product. We'll have to see. Microsoft last updated its web browser in August 2001 - when cellphones still had monochrome screens and Ken Lay was in charge of the invicible Enron business empire. What does IE7 do with your toolbars? Have your toolbars been shot down? Write and let us know. ® Update: We've received multiple corroborations of the problem. For others, everything is fine. Google Toolbar seems to bear the brunt. The most recent version of Yahoo!'s toolbar works, but older versions don't. One gaffe: we reported that no other search engines are available. This isn't true. Microsoft rearranged the deckchairs so that alternatives including Google and Yahoo! can be made the default. Doh! Irony corner: One user who saw their toolbar vanish in IE7 was none other than Microsoft PR punchbag Robert Scoble. But he later denied having seen any problems, in a fascinating comment thread you can peruse here. Later in the evening, Scoble told us via email that he'd handed the problem over to the PR professionals. We must hope they have ample supplies of duct tape at the ready, to prevent the talkative blogger from causing even more damage. (That's his speciality). link
Firefox doesn't come preloaded with a built in MSN search, so why in the hell should IE come with google or yahoo? The main reason I use Firefox is because of the tabs, and now that IE7 has that I'll be using it mostly because it doesn't have trouble with "bad codes" especially in tables.
I have only used bit torrent when sharing files on this bbs. When I try to use isohunt.com, I get this message when opening the torrent: "Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Codename.Longhorn.Beta.1.32Bit.DVD.READ.NFO-WinBeta" : Aborting the torrent as it was rejected by the tracker while not connected to any peers. Message from the tracker: Connection limit exceeded!" I am registered and logged in. Any ideas?
