Comments on: Windows Vista Ultimate kiosk video

By: TechDip » Windows Vista Ultimate Kiosk Video

TechDip » Windows Vista Ultimate Kiosk Video — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:13:34 +0000

[...] Video (118 MB) Via istartedsomething [...]

By: tino

tino — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:41:35 +0000

@Kevin: No need for a feature usefull like Exposé because Windows got a usefull taskbar to see all open windows and dragging things around. And there is still this old feature to arrange windows on the desktop. Flip 3D is the more visual version of the old Flip feature for beginners. Its also accessable with only mouse or only keyboard.

The quick start launcher is extremely usefull: now you can choose things by pressing WIN+1 to WIN+9. So with the new search and Start menu at the WIN-key, quick launch at WIN+numbers, Flip 3D at WIN+TAB and Sidebar at WIN+Spacebar its a really clear concept. Better than Mac OS X’s – IMO.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:41:51 +0000

It’s funny how Microsoft’s software tends to be too stark or too gushy, but can’t find that cool middle ground in between like Apple does. Take, for example, the quick launch buttons. Absolutely nothing happened here – same old thing as in XP. They could have jazzed it up while making it more useful (as opposed to removing functionality, like, um, dockable custom toolbars?). Apple’s launcher is fluid, fun, and way more useful. Window management? Absolutely nothing new here – alt+tab (and now win-tab) just flips between windows. On the other hand, you’ve got DreamScene and a ton of wallpapers. These are pretty useless and actually distracting. Couldn’t they have dedicated those resources towards making Flip3D more useful like Expose?

By: Minh

Minh — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:57:52 +0000

My goodness…
Typical microsoft marketing. They forgot that videos are made up of audio, too. Why not have a human voice (or face) along with the video. How many non-techies watching this video & actually understand what’s going on?

By: Code.Red

Code.Red — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:12:31 +0000

^ It looks like they removed the actual sidebar, and are just putting the gadgets on the desktop.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:49:58 +0000

The music isn’t so great. I would like to know though how to put the clock gadget in the lower right. Also how do you dynamically change the thumb nail size in photo gallery?

By: tino

tino — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:24:05 +0000

Thx but the music is bothering

Did someone realized that Vista shown in the videos on the official Vista website is very slow? Even dragging gadgets around looks like a slideshow. Cant MS create a video capturing tool for there own needs like Apple can?