flylake wrote:
> OK, I'm an old fart and I've used Windows since 1983 (v1 beta). I've
> always been a Windows fan, until now. While there are some things I
> like about VISTA there are a ton that I just cannot stand. For
> example:

Welcome to the club. You are member # 1,678,429,531

> 1. Outlook (now Windows mail) no longer supports multiple user
> accounts. I need to be able to see 5 different email accounts - 2
> for work, my personal account, an account I use to be the
> administrator of a friend's web site, and the account I use to
> monitor my kid's online activity. Windows Mail doesn't support this
> so now I need to look for a 3rd party program to do what I need it to
> do. I'm not going to set up a separate user account for each email.
> What a stupid move.

If this is true, they've completely crippled what used to be OE. Another
great reason not to up (err, down) grade.

> 2. Photo capture is a royal pain in the arse. It used to be real
> easy. Plug in the camera, turn it on and capture my photos. Now the
> new directory structure with tagging is so complex it is ridiculous.
> I copied 10 pictures over from my camera and VISTA returned a page
> long directory structure when I was done. I couldn't begin to find
> my pictures after I closed the preveiw screen until I closed
> everything and used Explorer.

Why am I not suprised.

> And, geez, you guys have even ruined explorer. You've taken
> a lean directory searching machine and turned
> it into a fat slob of a program. Give us people that know how to use
> a directory the ability to bypass all this baloney.

That's one of the first things most people notice. All this extra stuff
in Explorer and no way to turn it off. (IE, that extra side panel.)

> 3. IE 7 is also a pain to use. You took all the feartures of IE6 and
> stripped them off the main page, putting them in drop down menus.
> IE6 was so much simpler to navigate and use. Give us back menu
> buttons at the top of the screen. Having to navigate drop down
> menues for everything is a royal pain.

If you want ot use the IE rendering engine with a sane, very
configurable interface that keeps ads at bay, try out Maxthon
www.maxthon.com, I've used it for years and love it.

Otherwise, www.mozilla.com and take a look at FireFox.

> In trying to copy the MAC OS you guys are creating such a complex file
> structure system where we are forced to use the built in directory
> tools, which are very complex, slow and add in a ton of garbage 99%
> of the people on this planet will never need or use. You took
> effective tools and reduced them to garbage. Your new add-ons are so
> cumbersome to use I'm finding for the first time in 10 years, I have
> to replace all the built in Microsoft applications with 3rd party
> software. The potential for disaster regarding future file
> compatibility and portability is enormous. Plus the expense is
> enormous. Why'd you have to go and mess everything up like that?

Even more reason to stick with XP (Pro) or even 2000.

> If the functionality of Windows XP Pro and IE6 were a 9, I'd have to
> rate VISTA and IE7 a 4 or 5 at best.

I'd say you were holding back

> I hate to say it, but you guys are almost forcing me to switch
> to a MAC.

Or stick with XP. Either way is better than sticking with Vista IMHO.

> If you're going to go the "point and click" route, then
> do it right. The new VISTA and IE7 are like a fat man.
> Tons of features, but all of them are slow, cumbersome
> and very un-clear

It's like trying to drive an air-craft carrier through Venice... what
results is a lot of crashing, a visual mess, and a lot of headaches.

> Windows 2000 was great, XP even better, but with VISTA you've added a
> bunch of cool features encumbered by 1000lbs of useless fat.

That pretty much sums it up.

>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ista.gen eral

Gah, even the websites that are based on Vista themery are hard on the
eyes. Have they even previewed this? Good grief.

-Saran