65 More Windows Vista Mistakes – Chris Pirillo
\n<\/a><\/p>\nAs a software developer myself, I both cringe at these sorts of things (Microsoft should know better) and take heart from them (hey, they can afford to make these mistakes so I can learn from them).<\/p>\n
UPDATE:<\/strong> Sorry for the original links I posted; I was in a hurry. I’ve cleaned them up now. Also, I should probably mention that I’d noticed for some time now that Vista has a weird feeling of being somehow… not quite polished… or not quite finished… at least in comparison to previous Windows versions. Personally, I still think they rushed it out the door – and that was probably not a wise decision (although probably an unavoidable one, given the circumstances).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of interesting posts detailing some behind-the-scenes type stuff about Vista: Mini-Microsoft: Copying Xerox, Vista Mistakes, and VP Perspectives Windows Vista Feedback – Chris Pirillo 65 More Windows Vista Mistakes – Chris Pirillo As a software developer myself, I both cringe at these sorts of things (Microsoft should know better) and take heart from… Continue reading Learn from Vista\u2019s Mistakes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-software","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-g6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1026,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/14\/im-sorry-but-windows-vista-still-seems-too-slow\/","url_meta":{"origin":998,"position":0},"title":"I’m Sorry, but Windows Vista still seems too slow","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I was downloading a file in Windows Vista today - I would say it was a \"medium-sized\" file that took no time at all on my super-fast cable modem connection to download. 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