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Long Zheng is working to find all those GUI anomalies and point them out to Microsoft so they can be fixed for Windows 7. Report any that you know of! Continue Reading…

Long describes how a number of screen shots shown by CrunchGear/TechCrunch are just third-party mock ups, and not actual screen shots of Windows 7. Continue Reading…

• What would you change (first) about Windows? look and feel? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
  Might some of these changes make it into Windows 7? I doubt it, but here’s to hoping.
  (tags: GUI )

• Understanding ?the five pillars of Windows 7? - istartedsomething
  Long Zheng comments on ‘the five pillars’ series being done at AeroXP.org.
  (tags: Review )
• AeroXperience - The Five Pillars of Windows 7 (part 3 of 5) - Windows
  Pillar three deals with ‘Personalized Computing for Everyone’, and includes ‘this desktop is made for me!’, culturalization improvements, access, secure roaming, and home network management.
  (tags: Review Features )

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• The Evolution of User ? Computer Interaction, the GUI 10 Years after Windows 7
  Though Windows 7 is currently being planned, Microsoft is also planning for how humans will interact with computers in 2020.
  (tags: GUI HCI )

• Look for Ribbon in a Windows 7 application near you - istartedsomething
  Looks like we’ll be seeing much more of the ‘Ribbon’ once Windows 7 arrives, much to my dismay (I still can’t find anything in Word and Excel, and I’ve taught classes on them for years prior to the latest version).
  (tags: Ribbon GUI )
• Why Windows 7 might go to pieces | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
  Windows 7 could come as a core with many components selected by the user.
  (tags: Components )

• Microsoft feedback survey: ?Windows 7 start menu (concept). Here, let me show you it.?
  A possible preview of what the new Start menu might look like.
  (tags: GUI )

• Windows 7 ?HomeGroup?: rebirth of Longhorn ?Castle?? - istartedsomething
  A look at one of the network feature changes in Windows 7.
  (tags: Network )
• In Soviet Russia, Windows 7 finds you - istartedsomething
  Some more looks at the interface of the currently released version of Windows 7
  (tags: GUI )

• ?Insider? confirms anonymous Windows 7 M1 review, writes thesis on Windows 7 development
  An early review of the M1 release of Windows 7.
  (tags: Review )
• Microsoft memo: Windows 7 and Windows Live to be even more tightly joined at the hip
  More about Windows 7 and Windows Live.
  (tags: Live )

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