Comments on: Results from the Windows Early Feedback Program http://cybernetnews.com/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/ Technology News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-106229 Ryan Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:43:05 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/07/13/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-106229 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-105657" rel="nofollow">The Slasher wrote:</a><blockquote>What I don’t get is how a company with billions of dollars still finds it difficult to squeeze out updates and new features. It’s like they have a dozen programmers and the rest of the staff are management.</blockquote></div> Not to completely defend Microsoft, but I think there are a lot of things that are going on behind the scenes that no one really hears about. Microsoft has to run all of the features by lawyers to watch for possible antitrust issues which would be a huge setback for any company. Apple is able to develop and add "amazing" features to their operating system because companies are primarily focuses on Windows since it has the large marketshare.I'm not trying to make excuses for Microsoft, but I feel bad for them in a way because they are not able to do with their software what they want to do. They always have to please the courts before they can please the consumers, and that's never going to help create a more feature-rich operating system. The Slasher wrote:
What I don’t get is how a company with billions of dollars still finds it difficult to squeeze out updates and new features. It’s like they have a dozen programmers and the rest of the staff are management.

Not to completely defend Microsoft, but I think there are a lot of things that are going on behind the scenes that no one really hears about. Microsoft has to run all of the features by lawyers to watch for possible antitrust issues which would be a huge setback for any company. Apple is able to develop and add “amazing” features to their operating system because companies are primarily focuses on Windows since it has the large marketshare.

I’m not trying to make excuses for Microsoft, but I feel bad for them in a way because they are not able to do with their software what they want to do. They always have to please the courts before they can please the consumers, and that’s never going to help create a more feature-rich operating system.

]]> By: The Slasherhttp://cybernetnews.com/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105657 The Slasher Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:07:23 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/07/13/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105657 It's sad when you look at these kinds of lists, and what an incompetent bunch of idiots Microsoft have become. Some of these features should have been in Windows eons ago. And, as for the bugs, such as the time copy calculation, well, how those kinds of things get past quality testing, I will never know? Anyone at MS would've realised that was a bug before Vista was released. ANYONE. And what happens? Vista STILL got released. Actions speak louder than email wish lists, people. Regardless of all this kind of Windows vapourware masturbation, the fact is that Vista is a poorly coded, update of Xp. Think of what it could've been had all the above list been included. What I don't get is how a company with billions of dollars still finds it difficult to squeeze out updates and new features. It's like they have a dozen programmers and the rest of the staff are management. Although, when I really think about it, it probably shows up moreso how terribly coded Windows actually is, and that, to add even the slightest tiny feature (such as a folder size in explorer) requires significant resources and coding hours to get through all the slapped-together spaghetti code that's still in Windows. It’s sad when you look at these kinds of lists, and what an incompetent bunch of idiots Microsoft have become. Some of these features should have been in Windows eons ago. And, as for the bugs, such as the time copy calculation, well, how those kinds of things get past quality testing, I will never know? Anyone at MS would’ve realised that was a bug before Vista was released. ANYONE. And what happens? Vista STILL got released. Actions speak louder than email wish lists, people. Regardless of all this kind of Windows vapourware masturbation, the fact is that Vista is a poorly coded, update of Xp. Think of what it could’ve been had all the above list been included. What I don’t get is how a company with billions of dollars still finds it difficult to squeeze out updates and new features. It’s like they have a dozen programmers and the rest of the staff are management. Although, when I really think about it, it probably shows up moreso how terribly coded Windows actually is, and that, to add even the slightest tiny feature (such as a folder size in explorer) requires significant resources and coding hours to get through all the slapped-together spaghetti code that’s still in Windows.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105392 Ryan Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:56:35 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/07/13/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105392 That was one of the first things I noticed as well Tom. A lot of the settings pertained to IE, and I don't really think they have a place here since IE has its own dedicated team. It's essentially an extra application that they include with Windows, and I was disappointed to see some of the IE-related features on the list. That was one of the first things I noticed as well Tom. A lot of the settings pertained to IE, and I don’t really think they have a place here since IE has its own dedicated team. It’s essentially an extra application that they include with Windows, and I was disappointed to see some of the IE-related features on the list.

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]]> By: Tom Edwardshttp://cybernetnews.com/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105154 Tom Edwards Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:13:34 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/07/13/results-from-the-windows-early-feedback-program/#comment-105154 Plenty of "Make IE like Firefox!" items I see. :)Better storage of folder view settings would be great. How about being able to set a default Expolrer window size, MS? Plenty of “Make IE like Firefox!” items I see. :)

Better storage of folder view settings would be great. How about being able to set a default Expolrer window size, MS?

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