Category Archives: Likes & Gripes

Microsoft Live Search Not So Good When Looking for Microsoft Content

All the talk may be that Microsoft needs to buy Yahoo in order to bulk up enough compete with Google. Let’s hope they also work on basic search. When I updated my Windows Home Server I wanted to find the bulletin so I’d know what it did. I had the bulletin number from the log [...]

Popularity: 8% [?]

OS X Intelligent File Saves

It’s a small thing, but something I really appreciate. When saving or renaming a file in OS X just the name portion, not the extension, is selected. To change the name all I have to do is start typing.
The file save dialog:

When renaming a file:

Windows Vista selects everything, including the extension, Although the extension is [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

Windows Vista Warning

I’ve been spending more time using Vista and Internet Explorer. I’m still using default settings, at least the security related ones. While browsing to Arstechnica.com the screen went gray and the following popup appeared:

Now I think UAC is a good thing so I don’t want to just slam it. I’m guessing this was generated because [...]

Popularity: 5% [?]

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