A Tour of Windows Vista Beta 2
by Trevor Turk
This tour of Windows Vista Beta 2 is quite exciting, even for a fairly-new Mac fanboy like myself. Worthy of note are the improvements to “alt-tab” (now known as Windows-Flip), which seems to be on the right track *cough*. My biggest gripe in using Windows nowadays is the lack of mouse support on alt-tab, which I hope will be included here.
Also of interest are Windows Media Center’s new support of image/photo handling. However, the thing I’m most excited about is the new Windows Calendar, featuring apparent use of the iCalendar format. Microsoft’s support of an open and non-propritary format is a very good thing, indeed. Not to be overlooked is the new UAC (User Account Controls) feature, which ought to provide some much-needed relief from malware, viruses, and other security woes.
But perhaps you’re looking to hate? Look no further: 20 Things to hate about Vista.
