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• Small Software Developers: Get Flying with Windows Vista

  Project codename "Glidepath" is an Evangelism initiative targeted at helping MicroISVs get started and be successful with a focus on Windows Vista. Project Glidepath includes a free software factory add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that delivers, via RSS, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:02 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: WPF, Windows Vista, .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, User Interface, Featured News, Developers

• Understanding the Feature Design Process at Microsoft

  Yet another fantastic post from Vinny Pasceri, Program Manager for the Windows Shell Team, appears over at the Windows Shell blog . Vinny sheds some light on what is involved in the feature design process here at Microsoft. He separates the process into Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:27 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, User Interface, UI, Windows Aero

• Update on Ability to Mute the Windows Vista Start-up Sound

  We heard you loud and clear when it came to discussing our plans to include a default start-up sound that plays as you boot-up Windows Vista: you said you wanted to have the opportunity to mute it if and when you felt it necessary. Your collective voice Read More... Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 6:01 PM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, User Interface, Start-up, Start-up Sound, Change Request, Audio

• Putting the Final Touches on Windows Vista's "Fit-and-Finish"

  Over at the Windows Shell blog , Program Manager Vinny Pasceri explains the balance necessary to be struck in order to complete the UI polish, or "fit-and-finish", of Windows Vista's UI . Questions like "will it affect the user’s habits in a bad way?" Read More... Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:25 AM from Windows Vista Team Blog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Windows Vista, User Interface, UI, Windows Shell, Windows Aero, Shell