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Pogue's Posts wrote:I’m hard at work on a book about Windows Vista, so I’m steeping myself as deeply in its culture, tips and tricks as the Web permits. I find Microsoft’s own programmers’ blogs especially interesting. They never say anything controversial and are therefore annoyingly antiseptic. But every now and then, you find a gem. How, for example, did THIS one ever get past the marketing people?

It’s a mock-serious apology for the features that didn’t make it into Vista, and it’s screamingly funny.

http://shellrevealed.com/blogs/shellblo ... e-cut.aspx

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This blog post is the funniest thing I’ve ever read from Microsoft. (Actually, it’s the ONLY funny thing I’ve read from Microsoft.)

imbecile wrote:For the safe delete, you could've instead added a checkbox that reads "Delete files using safe delete", or instead added another button reading "Safe Delete" in the Confirm Delete dialog. In both cases, a TaskDialog window should pop up to warn users the action they're about to perform is unsafe.

No offense, but the way it was implemented in that screenshot was extremely confusing. I didn't even know that odd third caption button was the regular Close.