Comments on: Windows Vista Secrets http://blog.mischel.com/2007/11/27/windows-vista-secrets/ Musings on technology and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jordan http://blog.mischel.com/2007/11/27/windows-vista-secrets/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Jordan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:03:21 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/2007/11/27/windows-vista-secrets/#comment-1050 Because it's technical screen-filling junk? I'm a geek like yourself and, like yourself, have needed to do all of those things frequently. However - my needs (and yours, apparently,) are not those of an average user. Users already find many of the new features in Vista confusing simply because of the changes from previous versions - forget the concept of running as an administrator. It's simply foreign to an average user. Speaking of which, "Run As..." was hidden in WinXP in the same manner. I use it all the time. There are lots of other neat hacks that would be handy, but it would practically turn my right-click into a full blown Start Menu. Don't even get me started on all the junk that WinZip/WinRar/every "cute" little program installed throws in the right-click context menu.... I'm just grateful to have the features built-in. Hitting shift before I right-click won't be a big deal. Because it’s technical screen-filling junk?
I’m a geek like yourself and, like yourself, have needed to do all of those things frequently. However - my needs (and yours, apparently,) are not those of an average user. Users already find many of the new features in Vista confusing simply because of the changes from previous versions - forget the concept of running as an administrator. It’s simply foreign to an average user.

Speaking of which, “Run As…” was hidden in WinXP in the same manner. I use it all the time. There are lots of other neat hacks that would be handy, but it would practically turn my right-click into a full blown Start Menu. Don’t even get me started on all the junk that WinZip/WinRar/every “cute” little program installed throws in the right-click context menu….

I’m just grateful to have the features built-in. Hitting shift before I right-click won’t be a big deal.

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