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Post #285,449
by jb4
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5/26/07 11:29:00 PM
5/26/07 11:32:52 PM
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New Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11!
In no version of English (not even the one Peter speaks) does the word "Personalize" have anything near the same meaning, definition, or semantic as "Properties".

Not that BillGe hasn't tried to redefine English before, mind you...

Oh, yeah, and besides having to learn Billspeak, the concept of having yet another useless intermediate dialog to wade through (and translate, no doubt) to get to the good ol' display settings dialog sure improves my User Experience, don't it?

And what did our buddy translate the Display applet in the Control Panel to in further improving my User Experience there?
jb4
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Post #285,457
by altmann
5/27/07 1:50:17 AM
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New Re: Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11!
I guess they could have called it "Check monitor resolution" as I'm sure that's the task most performed through that link, not "personalizing" the appearance of one's desktop via wallpaper and color scheme.

It's the same number of clicks (3) in XP, Vista, and I believe pre-XP as well (the resoultion tab isn't the default one in that dialog) and one fewer than XP via the control panel.

It was called "Display Properties", and now it's "Display Settings".

Frankly, I'm dissapointed that they didn't get around to changing the rest of the classic control panel "applets" to the new page navigation style. A number of them could use some reworking/consolidating.
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Chris Altmann
Post #285,460
by pwhysall
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5/27/07 2:27:21 AM
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New In the version of English I speak...
...aka "English English", "Personalize" isn't even a word! So doubleplusungood!

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Post #285,786
by jb4
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5/30/07 9:24:11 AM
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New **chuckle**
jb4
"It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment."
— George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)
     Vista -- so far - (andread) - (87) - May 21, 2007, 04:22:36 PM EDT
         Damning w/ faint praise - (jb4) - (86) - May 24, 2007, 11:13:51 PM EDT
             Hey, I've dealt with Vista . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (85) - May 24, 2007, 11:45:41 PM EDT
                 Just had my first experience with it... - (jb4) - (84) - May 25, 2007, 11:35:36 PM EDT
                     I'm quite convinced they released this turkey . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - May 26, 2007, 12:13:27 AM EDT
                     That might be NVidia's fault. - (inthane-chan) - (82) - May 26, 2007, 12:33:31 AM EDT
                         Re: That might be NVidia's fault. - (jb4) - (81) - May 26, 2007, 02:24:05 PM EDT
                             fear change - (altmann) - (80) - May 26, 2007, 10:59:29 PM EDT
                                 Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11! - (jb4) - (3) - May 26, 2007, 11:32:52 PM EDT
                                     Re: Micros~1 redefines English...Film at 11! - (altmann) - May 27, 2007, 01:50:17 AM EDT
                                     In the version of English I speak... - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 02:27:21 AM EDT
                                         **chuckle** -NT - (jb4) - May 30, 2007, 09:24:11 AM EDT
                                 Remind me again... You're not an MS fanboy or shill, just... - (CRConrad) - (75) - May 27, 2007, 09:28:02 AM EDT
                                     No trailing slash in HR tag, Chris. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 27, 2007, 06:18:46 AM EDT
                                         Yes there is, but I think there should be a space before it -NT - (drewk) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 09:08:14 AM EDT
                                             Re: Yes there is, but I think there should be a space bef - (pwhysall) - May 27, 2007, 10:37:48 AM EDT
                                     Hey, don't be picking on Hubert J. Farnsworth now! - (Another Scott) - May 27, 2007, 07:14:16 AM EDT
                                     Seemed like a reasonable reply to me. - (hnick) - (8) - May 27, 2007, 10:56:17 AM EDT
                                         You mean alt-tab; ctrl-tab is for docs within an MDI app. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 01:14:08 PM EDT
                                             Ok. I don't have a windows machine at hand... - (hnick) - May 27, 2007, 02:22:04 PM EDT
                                         On the surface of it, yes. - (CRConrad) - (5) - May 27, 2007, 01:27:43 PM EDT
                                             Cool... - (hnick) - (4) - May 27, 2007, 02:29:36 PM EDT
                                                 +10. Inciteful. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 02:59:50 PM EDT
                                                     Of course you did... :) -NT - (hnick) - May 27, 2007, 03:25:21 PM EDT
                                                 Speak for yourself... - (CRConrad) - (1) - May 27, 2007, 07:08:56 PM EDT
                                                     Ummm. Yeah. -NT - (folkert) - May 27, 2007, 07:25:20 PM EDT
                                     It's not easy being.... - (andread) - (61) - May 28, 2007, 07:45:50 AM EDT
                                         "Works reasonably well" - (pwhysall) - (58) - May 28, 2007, 08:09:07 AM EDT
                                             every microsoft advance has never exceeded reasonably well - (boxley) - May 28, 2007, 10:00:11 AM EDT
                                             An interesting rating - (crazy) - May 28, 2007, 10:53:40 AM EDT
                                             Not up to your usual standard... - (andread) - (54) - May 29, 2007, 09:44:31 AM EDT
                                                 Re: Not up to your usual standard... - (pwhysall) - (48) - May 29, 2007, 10:22:56 AM EDT
                                                     Wrong - (andread) - (47) - May 29, 2007, 03:07:17 PM EDT
                                                         What are you gibbering about, you cretin? Re-read his posts! -NT - (CRConrad) - (44) - May 29, 2007, 03:12:50 PM EDT
                                                             Oh, Chuckles - (andread) - (43) - May 30, 2007, 01:37:29 PM EDT
                                                                 OK, so you're just not capable of reading with comprehension -NT - (CRConrad) - (42) - May 30, 2007, 02:23:48 PM EDT
                                                                     Hah - (andread) - (41) - May 30, 2007, 03:12:42 PM EDT
                                                                         So how is that any the less annoying? - (pwhysall) - (40) - May 30, 2007, 05:08:37 PM EDT
                                                                             Wrong in caps is still wrong - (andread) - (39) - May 31, 2007, 10:49:55 AM EDT
                                                                                 Which part is wrong? - (pwhysall) - May 31, 2007, 11:57:28 AM EDT
                                                                                 Ok. Lets review - (bepatient) - (37) - May 31, 2007, 01:17:02 PM EDT
                                                                                     "Attack Surface"?!?! Sheesh. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 31, 2007, 01:33:27 PM EDT
                                                                                         At least I didn't write it :-) - (bepatient) - May 31, 2007, 01:48:24 PM EDT
                                                                                         (Isn't that pretty large - on a sponge? ;-) -NT - (Ashton) - May 31, 2007, 11:05:42 PM EDT
                                                                                     I LOVE the scenario where they say disabling is reasonable - (crazy) - (1) - May 31, 2007, 06:14:20 PM EDT
                                                                                         That typifies the problem with UAC: - (static) - May 31, 2007, 11:48:03 PM EDT
                                                                                     Well now. - (folkert) - (4) - May 31, 2007, 07:15:43 PM EDT
                                                                                         Huh? - (crazy) - (3) - May 31, 2007, 07:46:27 PM EDT
                                                                                             that was my understanding - (boxley) - May 31, 2007, 08:05:48 PM EDT
                                                                                             I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. - (folkert) - (1) - May 31, 2007, 08:14:08 PM EDT
                                                                                                 *nod* - (pwhysall) - June 1, 2007, 01:23:06 AM EDT
                                                                                     Thanks Bill - (andread) - (25) - June 1, 2007, 10:11:09 AM EDT
                                                                                         Re: Thanks Bill - (pwhysall) - (24) - June 1, 2007, 12:58:57 PM EDT
                                                                                             I'm thinking... - (bepatient) - (23) - June 1, 2007, 02:46:41 PM EDT
                                                                                                 It's the other way around; the poor nitwit is incapable... - (CRConrad) - (22) - June 5, 2007, 02:52:37 AM EDT
                                                                                                     You're wrong again - (andread) - (16) - June 4, 2007, 04:22:20 PM EDT
                                                                                                         Point = Missed. Intentionally or otherwise. -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 4, 2007, 04:26:59 PM EDT
                                                                                                         Thank you so much for AGAIN explaining the *purpose* of UAC. - (CRConrad) - June 4, 2007, 05:29:47 PM EDT
                                                                                                         Question - (drewk) - (12) - June 4, 2007, 08:01:32 PM EDT
                                                                                                             Re: Question - (andread) - (11) - June 5, 2007, 08:57:46 AM EDT
                                                                                                                 ahh, cascading shills - (crazy) - (10) - June 5, 2007, 05:02:13 PM EDT
                                                                                                                     The speaker was Michael J Murphy - (andread) - (9) - June 6, 2007, 11:38:01 AM EDT
                                                                                                                         And I'd want to do that because? - (crazy) - (8) - June 6, 2007, 03:46:53 PM EDT
                                                                                                                             Not a shill - (andread) - (7) - June 7, 2007, 08:47:35 AM EDT
                                                                                                                                 Serious question: Are you brain damaged? - (crazy) - (6) - June 7, 2007, 03:29:44 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                     Re: Serious question: Are you brain damaged? - (andread) - (5) - June 7, 2007, 04:51:34 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                         Ah, the wonders of Wikipedia - (crazy) - (4) - June 7, 2007, 05:47:43 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                             I had always understood the term by his definition. - (bepatient) - (3) - June 7, 2007, 07:14:26 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                                 Indeed; if they self-identify properly, they're salespeople. -NT - (jake123) - June 7, 2007, 07:21:26 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                                 I disagree (new thread) - (crazy) - June 7, 2007, 10:18:53 PM EDT
                                                                                                                                                 I'm ambivalent. However, in Mega$loth's case ... - (mmoffitt) - June 8, 2007, 10:34:53 AM EDT
                                                                                                         The problem here is you are defining a very limited user set - (bepatient) - June 4, 2007, 09:56:58 PM EDT
                                                                                                     "he's known" - HTH </CRC> -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 5, 2007, 02:44:39 AM EDT
                                                                                                         Aaargh! Fixed, thanx. (I can has cheezburger now?) -NT - (CRConrad) - June 5, 2007, 02:53:52 AM EDT
                                                                                                     Can't or pretends is the same in this case - (crazy) - (2) - June 5, 2007, 07:08:32 AM EDT
                                                                                                         Oy you - (boxley) - (1) - June 5, 2007, 09:56:11 AM EDT
                                                                                                             Oy back - (crazy) - June 5, 2007, 05:00:07 PM EDT
                                                                                     Another way to disable UAC - TweakUAC. - (Another Scott) - June 5, 2007, 07:30:20 PM EDT
                                                         the mac commercial explains it very well :-) -NT - (boxley) - May 29, 2007, 03:45:42 PM EDT
                                                         I've got a Mac running OS X - (pwhysall) - May 29, 2007, 03:48:29 PM EDT
                                                 Consider. - (static) - (4) - May 29, 2007, 10:13:05 PM EDT
                                                     Vista popularity. - (Silverlock) - (3) - May 29, 2007, 11:13:39 PM EDT
                                                         There have been lines. - (folkert) - (2) - May 29, 2007, 11:47:33 PM EDT
                                                             So, knowing that many are paying $250 . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - May 30, 2007, 12:17:57 AM EDT
                                                                 There is. - (folkert) - May 30, 2007, 07:28:01 AM EDT
                                             And that's only the surface... - (scoenye) - May 30, 2007, 07:39:25 AM EDT
                                         Ah. Jealous, because you can't figure... - (CRConrad) - May 28, 2007, 02:06:43 PM EDT
                                         best explaination of the UAC so far - (boxley) - June 12, 2007, 11:33:56 AM EDT

What a cruddy, unimaginative anti-climax.
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