Vista programmer blog

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2006-10-23 05:32pm

So I'm browsing the New York Times website (NYT is my favorite newspaper) and I come across this:

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

[snip spoilers]

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.)

Go check the link, it's

worthy.

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2006-10-23 10:32pm

I love the people in the comments who take safe delete seriously and explain why it's a bad idea.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-10-23 11:00pm

The best part is reading the comments and the one or two people who didn't realize it was a joke.

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.