Comments on: New Start button makes a compelling sell

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:29:14 +0000

well, the new button , the new aero graphics,and lets face it, the new operating system in full is a ripoff of linux and mac.

By: Sock Leong

Sock Leong — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:15:31 +0000

I think that the sock Leong review on the website is much more acurate than this on, please check it out before someone else does

By: Casa Gozo

Casa Gozo — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:06:21 +0000

I’ve been using Windows Visa “Home Premium Edition” and I absolutely hate the black task bar. It is now harder than ever to quickly, visually tell which button on the black task bar corresponds to the active window. If you look carefully enough, it’s the “even blacker” button. This sucks bad enough to leave the fancy start button behind and go back to the Windows classic design for better usability. I haven’t figured out how to change the black color. Let me know if you know how.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:27:28 +0000

@Anthony @Long: Sorry. Couldn’t remember the name!

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:21:16 +0000

@Anthony Tam: The next two features they mention aren’t exactly jaw dropping either, but granted they are features. My perception was, if an average ocnsumer read this, they’re going to think one of the ‘best’ features of Windows Vista is a new start button. It doesn’t sound very compelling.

By: Anthony Tam

Anthony Tam — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:03:36 +0000

I think this is taken out of context. If you read the SMH site, that is just one aspect that they mention about the operating system. I suppose the public’s first reaction with Vista is “ooh look at that start button” and so natually the reporter mentioned that.

Then again, the last few paragraphs of the article seems to be completely taken out of context since it’s about security risks and the ‘features’ were added in for public awareness i suppose. Strange coming from SMH.

And FYI, technically, its called Flip 3D (where’s my flip 2D?)

By: Long Zheng

Long Zheng — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:34:33 +0000

The 3D Windows Switching feature also has a name, but that name is reserved for the technical elite.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:25:48 +0000

@Jason: I agree with what you say about technobabble in the media, but I think what Long is getting at (aside from the sarcasm) is that the they mention the new and improved looking Start button as one of the best graphical features of Aero in Vista, when it really is kind of a feature that, with all the other graphical advancements in Vista, is insignificant in comparison to, say, live thumbnails and the 3D Window Switching feature.

By: Jason Cox

Jason Cox — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:16:55 +0000

Well if the mainsteam media started reporting about things like the kernel, .NET 3.0, security, new networking stack, etc, most people would probaly stop reading half way through the article because they couldnt get their minds around the technobabble. Saying ‘Hey! Look at the pretty buttons!’ gets more attention then an expert yammering on about security for the length of the article.