In Build 5728, we got to see examples of the kind of fit-and-finish the Windows Shell Team is making to Windows Vista as they progress toward RTM. I'd like to show you a few that I found. I imagine there is quite a bit more. In “Computer”, you will notice that the “System Properties” and “Map Network Drive” icons have been changed from RC1. ...

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 three different parts:  Page 1, The Spec and Building the Feature.  ...

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?'' must always be faced when changing any part of the user interface -- a UI to which ...