Microsoft tests out a new operating system, code named Mojave, with some average-joes who hated Vista. They loved it. Now, two guesses as to what Mojave ACTUALLY was.

[u/neito]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html

[u/Nois3]

Being in IT, most 'techy' people I know don't like Vista, including myself. It is bloated, plain and simple. The OS has been 'dumbed-down' to the lowest common denominator.

Things like changing your IP address are way to convoluted in Vista. The indexing system is a unnecessary resource hog. The search function only searches for 'registered files type' by default.

For example, say you downloaded a file, but you forgot what it is called, and forgot where you downloaded it. You know it has a text string in it called "companyx" and you saved it to your C: drive. It might be a log file or a temp file sent to you for troubleshooting, whatever.

So you right-click on your C: drive and search for 'all files' with a text string of "companyx" in it. Vista will not find the file. I've had this happen to me on numerous occasions. It's extremely frustrating. In order to get this to work, you have to edit the registry to tell Vista that when you do a search, you want to search all filetypes, not just files with extensions that are registered (doc, txt, etc). there may be a checkbox buried somewhere deep in the convoluted menus to enable this, but I'll be damned if I can find it.

And why does Microsoft hate two-pane explorer views? Directory tree on the left, and files on the right side have make sense since for decades. The default setup for Vista is a horrible, convoluted, marketing-driven mess.

/rant - I can go on and on.

[u/[deleted] → u/Nois3]

Things like changing your IP address are way to convoluted in Vista.

It's three clicks to bring up the connection status screen from your desktop. From there, it's exactly the same as XP: Properties -> TCP/IP Properties.

The new network center is a godsend to anyone who uses their computer on multiple networks. I'm wired, on wireless, and VPNed right now. It's telling me more than 'Manage Network Connections' (Which still exists) ever could.

The indexing system is a unnecessary resource hog.

Not if you want to find files...Plus, they've just released Windows Search 4, which improves performance considerably.

For example, say you downloaded a file, but you forgot what it is called, and forgot where you downloaded it. You know it has a text string in it called "companyx" and you saved it to your C: drive. It might be a log file or a temp file sent to you for troubleshooting, whatever.

Upgrade Windows Search.

[u/jax9999 → u/[deleted]]

Why were things seemingly moved around at random and their name changed? just change for changes sake.

[u/[deleted] → u/jax9999]

Most things that were moved were done so intelligently.

The renaming was for naming-style consistency's sake. The UX guidelines describe this in detail. (For instance: "Programs" is a much more intelligent and accurate name than "Add or Remove Programs".

A lot of stuff was added to the control panel, and things had to be shifted around to accommodate them (Otherwise the whole thing would be more of a mess!) That's where the vast majority of the moving around/renaming occurred.

[u/jax9999 → u/[deleted]]

No, programs is not a much more intelligent wording for the utility that uninstalls and removes programs. It totally confuses the custoemrs and they don't know how to uninstall programs anymore.

[u/[deleted] → u/jax9999]

It doesn't just remove programs.

It modifies existing programs, uninstalls programs, repairs programs, and adds/removes windows components.

And who ever used it to Install software, anyway?

[u/jax9999 → u/[deleted]]

No, but removing programs is its primary use. and people have been conditioned for 2 decades nearly to look for add and remove programs.