Posts tagged ‘windows’
Microsoft’s text-like interfaces
February 16th, 2010 at 9:34 pm by Dr. Drang
Following a link from Daring Fireball, I read this article by Luke Wroblewski comparing the user interfaces of the iPhone and the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series [sic]. The gist of the article is that the iPhone’s information-dense interface makes the user experience more efficient than that of the MWP7S. I agree with Wroblewski’s…
We’ve secretly replaced your operating system…
July 29th, 2008 at 8:41 pm by Dr. Drang
I saw this banner for Vista tonight and immediately thought of those old ads for Folgers Crystals instant coffee. You couldn’t get away with such obvious bullshit in today’s Starbucks-fueled society. But anyway, back to the Vista ad. I wasn’t going to bother following the link, but after digging through YouTube to find the old…
Dumping XP SP2
August 18th, 2005 at 12:13 am by Dr. Drang
After hestitating for a few weeks, and continually shushing the angry Windows Update popup balloon, I took the plunge and installed Service Pack 2 on my laptop at the beginning of the month. A few minutes ago I did a System Restore back to October 30 and sanity. Most things were fine, but there was…
