Have mercy on the Less experienced!

Tepid said:

You will find that once you start using it and get used to it, that XP's way seems rudimentary...

I did not like breadcrumbs when I first "tasted" it. I just wanted my arrow back. Now, I cannot imagine not having it. My mouse mileage has dropped significantly.

There was a time when I hated Windows. What the hell did I need a mouse for? Freakin' MS.

Tepid said:

You paid for them in that OS, not in 7. Just cause it is Windows, doesn't mean it's a continuation of the same old same old. Things change, some for better, some for not, some are not even missed.

Breadcrumbs are actually a lot better than all the buttons we had before to navigate.

Breadcrumbs are far more powerful and precise. You can pretty much get to any parent folder you want once you start drilling down to sub-folders you want. You need to use the little arrows between names. You will find that once you start using it and get used to it, that XP's way seems rudimentary.

i will give that sometime after build 7100 microsoft added back in restore previous folders at logon, and the bread crumbs do nicely in replacing the up button, however as stated above we are still missing items we paid for.

Restore previous folders at login IS still there... see attachment

if you would bother to read the entire thread you would see that there is more missing than these two items. you are the second person that seems to only want to focus in onto these two items only.

Honestly, I am at work and using 7 in a Portable Vbox on an XP machine.
A lot of the work I must do, I do in XP, but more of my time is spent in 7.
I can float between the 2 with great ease and not be lost.
But I prefer 7. Infact, I am trying (at times) to do all my work in the VM, but certain things just don't allow for it unfortunately.

I will not miss XP when it is gone.

So, whatever is missing, apparently, I am not missing it in 7.

And no, I did not go all the way back and read the rest of the thread and I am not going to focus on every little pithy thing that gets mentioned or complained about.


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or maybe I will

system001 said:

if you would bother to read the entire thread you would see that there is more missing than these two items. you are the second person that seems to only want to focus in onto these two items only.

He is not the only person ignoring some of the ill-informed and inane comments you have made. Personally, I am having mercy on the less experienced. In your last burst of rudeness you referenced three concerns and only counted two. I count five ideas in Tepid's referenced comment - and I am only vaguely interested.

Perhaps you should read things more thoroughly. No one is committed to addressing each and every point in a comment. This is not a linear discussion limited to participants incapable of abstraction. Likewise, Windows development is not a linear process. Rather, it is an abstraction of historical development.

This thread is contained in the Customization section of SevenForums. There is a Tutorials section also. In time, you will become more familiar with the Windows 7 operating system. In due course, you will be better suited to choose an operating system that meets the majority of your usage requirements. In the meantime, make the most of what you have.

try again. what people complained about xp was not its stability, rather that it had a extremely high learning curve versus 98 and the fact that the ui looked more like something a child through together. vista pre sp1 was a nightmare. post sp1 it ran great.

Yes, that is also what people complained about, which I did not mention. But,...

"extremely high learning curve versus 98 and the fact that the ui looked more like something a child through together"

Is this also what people are yapping about with Vista/7?

cannot hide the action flag, cannot hide the speaker icon

Yes you can, and if you can't figure it out, then you need to stop talking.

in 7 if you hide the navigation pane in one folder 7 makes it universal across all folders.

Just like in XP. Setting to Windows Classic mode does the exact same thing in XP.
Please, you need to stop talking. You do not know what you are talkign about, AT ALL. Or are you just a troll?

Tepid said:

Yes, that is also what people complained about, which I did not mention. But,...

"extremely high learning curve versus 98 and the fact that the ui looked more like something a child through together"

Is this also what people are yapping about with Vista/7?



Yes you can, and if you can't figure it out, then you need to stop talking.



Just like in XP. Setting to Windows Classic mode does the exact same thing in XP.
Please, you need to stop talking. You do not know what you are talkign about, AT ALL. Or are you just a troll?

the only way to get some of the system tray icons to show is to set the new syystray to show all icons and notifications. dragging the flag all the way to the right or the left does not hide it. as for the speaker icon i just rechecked the sounds properties again and it cannot be removed from the systray.

i quite well know what i am talking about. you need to keep you personal comments out of the conversation or stay out of it.

I am using my HTPC right now, so I cannot boot to see if the Volume icon disappears from the SysTray/Notification Area as the Group Policy Editor states that it will.

cbleman said:

...What ever did happen to debug. Does anyone know?...

Debug.exe is a 16-bit app. There are better modern debuggers.

I am playing with the menu bar and discovered right click the bread crumbs. Something I do all the time just got a lot easier. And I do not have to SHIFT+Right Click to Copy Path.

Keep bitchin' - it is helping me to learn numerous advances in productivity and usability.

Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.

cbleman said:

Mostly I rely on my directory structure, and the ability to format the view in a window when it comes up. I like the thumbs view for my pictures and music. A single picture without an open folder. If someone knows how I can get it back I would apreciate the info. I've been playing with it. ...so far to no avail. Under properties-customize-choose file, I just get the standard view. Changing optimize this folder for: dosn't seem to have any effect on the view. Creating a folder.jpg file didn't work either.

If you are talking about image file thumbnails and you are not seeing them while in icon or tile views, then open explorer and go to tools, folder options and uncheck "show icons never thumbnails".