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RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP
More than the developers, it is the average user who finds Vista tricky. Somehow people seem to love the candy bar colors of XP. Anything else may be too sophisticated or too frightening. People are more comfortable at a McDonald's or Burger King than in a five star gourmet restaurant. Vista does not even have the XP theme though it does have the Windows Classic (Windows 2000) theme. Microsoft would have fared better if they had the XP theme as the default interface in Vista. I have seen many people complaining about the way folder icons are displayed (vertical instead of horizontal) and even the colors. We develop software for both Vista and XP, and I have seen people liking the same software when demonstrated on XP vs demonstrating it on Vista. Sadly, the shapes, colors and borders make a difference too.
Posted by: iRMX   Posted on: 05/20/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Slight misinformation  cmdrrickhunter@... | 05/19/08
2K Great-XP Good, Vista-average  DonRupertBitByte | 05/19/08
disagree - vista better  vi0l3t1975@... | 05/19/08
Yeah.right!  pgm554 | 05/20/08
Vista is what I'm using  dprozzo | 05/20/08
I call BS  rtk | 05/20/08
no ms shill  vi0l3t1975@... | 05/20/08
Dumb!  garry_k@... | 05/19/08
Why waste time on Vista with Win 7 on the horizon  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/19/08
Windows 7 will not be the panacea many think...  ye | 05/19/08
ye, is that "will" not, or "may" not be......  xuniL_z | 05/19/08
"may" would be more appropriate. Thanks for...  ye | 05/20/08
total revamp?  rtk | 05/20/08
Not about the UAC  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/08
new programs  xuniL_z | 05/19/08
Solid understanding of UAC? You mean like...  ye | 05/19/08
Exactly. If these people's apps are broken with UAC they're broken on XP  PB_z | 05/19/08
oops meant as reply to ye (NT)  PB_z | 05/19/08
Survey's definition of the word "target"  PB_z | 05/19/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  cfischer83@... | 05/19/08
Corporate America?s rejection of Vista  Ole Man | 05/19/08
Not too surprising  Badgered | 05/20/08
rejection of Vista != rejection of Windows  rtk | 05/20/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  GTWilson | 05/20/08
Snubbing Vista  kenneth.kelley@... | 05/20/08
It took a bit of burning the late night oil  gsterner@... | 05/20/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  jpelak | 05/20/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  iRMX | 05/20/08
A great business opportunity for Vista-fixers  RamonFHerrera | 05/20/08
You are the dumb one, buddy  RamonFHerrera | 05/20/08
All those developers should write a letter to Ballmer  RamonFHerrera | 05/20/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  DonBurnett | 05/20/08
If you dislike Vista, you are really going to...  mikifinaz1@... | 05/20/08
No way on Earth we will have another Vista, from any company  RamonFHerrera | 05/20/08
and then you woke up  rtk | 05/20/08
Developers prefer usable tools 4 to 1  3dguru | 05/21/08
RE: Developers snub Vista in favor of XP  johnsonhedlund@... | 05/29/08

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