Comments on: Windows Stands to Benefit From Mac-Like Functionality

By: Windows 7 from a Mac Guy’s Perspective | Technologizer

Windows 7 from a Mac Guy’s Perspective | Technologizer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:32:35 +0000

[...] needed to do something to stop the bleeding before it would take some permanent damage. As I argued back in December, Windows stood to benefit from some Mac-like functionality, even though some Microsoft pundits [...]

By: Seven Things Windows 7 Needs To Accomplish | Technologizer

Seven Things Windows 7 Needs To Accomplish | Technologizer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:07:37 +0000

[...] simple to use. As you may remember this was the source of some discussion in the tech blogosphere a short while back. Windows 7 needs to be simple to use. Part of the reason why Mac OS has seen such an uptick is the [...]

By: Robert K

Robert K — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:56:54 +0000

What people don’t understand is this is just a beta of Windows 7, not all the options have been implemented yet. Who knows what the final version will look like. They could be listening to what people are saying and are going to make some good changes in it. Paul Thurrott article had some good points to it and it looks like people at MS talk to him. Its good people are giving their thoughts on the OS and hopefully MS will listen. From what I hear though its a smaller footprint, and has some pretty nice features, so I think they’re going in the right direction.

By: nowimnothing

nowimnothing — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:05:04 +0000

Was that from looking at a screenshot? I could see that.

But from using it? You’d never think it was the active window. Since the first time you’d see it would be – that’s right – after you opened a window that had a progress bar on it. Its an intuitive design that doesn’t show up well in screenshots and short video clips.

By: Ed Oswald

Ed Oswald — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:45:08 +0000

Yeah, but would I intuitively know what that green stripe is? I thought looking at it that it meant it was the active window, truthfully.

By: NanoGeek

NanoGeek — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:01:19 +0000

Zero, I think that was the point of the articles. If you have to research how it works, then it is not “easy” to use. Microsoft is making Windows 7 so simplistic that it is in some cases difficult to use.

By: Zero

Zero — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:10:51 +0000

How much have you even researched about Windows 7? That green stripe is a progress bar, that way you can find out the progress of a file transfer or download even when other windows are overlapping the window with the info in. Not only that but Windows 7 has color hot-track. The open app icons will literally light up when you place your mouse over them.

By: nkeil

nkeil — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:07:04 +0000

I agree. I was also a diehard Windows user (I didn’t mind Vista) until 1 month ago when my 2 year old Compaq laptop died. I decided to focus on very high quality hardware this time, and looked at the MacBook Pro. Having had it a month now, I have to say OS X is the easiest OS I’ve ever worked with. It is very easy to use…now I know what Microsoft was attempting to do with Vista. Hopefully they will get it right with 7…if so I might give it a try on my Mac via bootcamp.

By: NanoGeek

NanoGeek — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:18:45 +0000

“That’s a nod to you Linux/Unix fans.”

And we think you for it. ;)