Tag: microsoft

Bad User Experience

You may have heard of this new-fangled thing from Microsoft called Silverlight. Well, I decided to take a look at it the other day, and when I tried to install it, I was greeted with this unfriendly screen: Well, actually it’s not very unfriendly, but it certainly was unhelpful. Why did the install fail? Why… Continue reading Bad User Experience

I’m Sorry, but Windows Vista still seems too slow

I was downloading a file in Windows Vista today – I would say it was a “medium-sized” file that took no time at all on my super-fast cable modem connection to download. However, once it was done, this popped up: This new dialog took longer to calculate the time remaining to copy the file from… Continue reading I’m Sorry, but Windows Vista still seems too slow