Originally posted by: Lord Banshee
I Haven't used vista yet.. i will this weekend
But what else would you like to see in it that it doesn't already have?
Like I said, more osx-esque features. I'm not saying it needs to be destroyed and built up again, but honestly it just seems like XP with a 3d accelerated GUI, that lacks a lot of the useful aspects of OSX (i.e. expose, intuitive drag&drop etc). The rolodex type windows+tab is nice looking, but it's honestly pretty useless, whereas expose actually added functionality to the OS. Similarly, the glass UI is nice looking, but again it doesn't do anything other than looks nice, and the blinding effect when you open windows gets a bit old after so many prompts.
As far as windows features go, I would like to be able to authenticate when I log in absolutely, and never be prompted for a security 'ok'. This has become more of a problem in the recent 10.4 release of osx (read Anand's review), but it's been taken to a new high with Vista. I literally got prompted with 'are you sure' (or the equivilent) 5 times within 2 minutes or so. Really, really annoying.
The start menu is nice in theory, but it actually takes just as long or maybe even slightly longer for the tree to expand and find what I want to open. Literally searching in the start menu (typing to open a program) is ridiculous and I can't imagine who could possibly think that's a good idea. The power users that use cmd line keys in the run menu (i.e. calc, winword, etc) don't need that search box there, and the average joe doesn't either. Like I said, it's just simply ackward.
Some options it seems like I don't have to hit 'apply' for them to take, which is a nice step (and a good feature of osx). However, like I said everything isn't uniform and parts of the OS have 'apply' buttons everywhere, followed by prompts of 'are you sure?' They need to make up their mind.
The sidebar as I already said is a joke, and while I appreciate the thought, it really needs to be overhauled. The questionmark icon should not open the properties page of a gadget, period. The icons are all (in the sidebar) very small as well, and hard to discernably press when using a higher resolution. The calculator in particular is horrible, and it feels a little bit sluggish when I type with the number pad. The font size in the notepad gadget is too small (at high resolution) and I don't see an option to change it. Etc. Etc.
Windows media player looks great in full mode, but in reduced mode it has the XP fisher price blue in parts, and the aero glass in others. What's with that? I am happy to see that the visualization does continue when you switch between programs.
I guess after 6 years I was expecting something amazing, and yet it honestly feels exactly like the 2k -> xp upgrade, visual only with a few necessary core components updated.
I've heard great things about office though, and to the person who asked: yes, other people are having trouble with their key activating.
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