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Windows 7 Usability

Posted by Shah on January 14, 2009 under Windows

While testing Notepad I noticed this:

Notepad Save Prompt

Apparently, the new dialog also affect Paint & WordPad.

Why is it a good thing? Well as Dmitri from usabilitypost.com explains,

you know what the dialog box is about just by reading the button labels — you don’t even need to read the message above to decide what to do. This not only saves time, but makes each choice clearer — the buttons tell you exactly what’s going to happen.

Read Usability Tip: Use Verbs as Labels on Buttons.

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Windows 7

Posted by Shah on January 13, 2009 under Windows

I really like the new Windows. Install took 15 – 25 minutes and boot took 30 seconds. Everything works right out of the box except my Prolink WG2000/R USB Wifi adapter. But that’s an easy fix, there’s a Vista driver for that device on their official website. Just download & install.

There’s one tiny problem though, I can’t dual boot with Windows XP but my files are still accessible.

Problem aside, I managed to install Google Chrome, AVG8 Free & No-IP DUC. All works flawlessly. Maybe tomorrow I will install FF3 & some games. ;)

UPDATE 13/01/2008
Managed to add WinXP to Windows 7 Bootloader using EasyBCD.

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