The post stems from my previous post discussing the value of whether or not Microsoft should have developed a "Classic View" navigation option in Office 2007.
Let us know what you think in our current reader poll.
You can add a different choice if one of the ones displayed don’t quite fit your opinion of the situation.

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Milo Riano over at Windows Vista Weblog has been entered into a contest for best Windows Vista blog from The WinVista Club.
Take a minute and go show some support for him and the work he’s doing over at Windows Vista Weblog in keeping us up-to-date and educated on the latest news and functionality available in Windows Vista.

This will sound really weird, but one of my favorite little things about Windows is the way the desktop grays out after certain events occur with the operating system.
I realize that the amount of intelligence and programming it took to make that happen is probably less than it takes to operate my Texas Instruments calculator back in high school.
I don’t really know why I like it so much, I just do. There’s no real functionality in it, I just like it.
What are some of the unsung features you love in Windows that nobody else on Earth probably even realizes …read more

Alister Cameron is a wee bit miffed at Ray Ozzie’s seeming lack of impact at Microsoft.
Before Ray was with Microsoft he was with IBM and Notes. But in-between he built what I thought was one of the most funky cool amazing things called Groove. You can think of Groove (at least as it was then) as a P2P “team workspace” with really nice encryption, SDK, pricing model, UI, etc. The technology was gorgeous, and the power of it was really impressive. We’re talking shared documents, built-in voice conferencing, whiteboarding, project management, etc. And all that run over a peer-to-peer …read more

Let us know in our current reader poll.

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I’m at a meeting a few days ago and someone hands me their computer to use their Internet. I notice that the Language bar toolbar is displayed. I think to myself and wonder if anyone actually uses this.
Normally when I see it on someone’s computer I turn it off and hide it to give them more screen real-estate on their task bar. I’ve yet to meet or talk to someone that actually uses it. Why is this set as default being on?
Do you?
I just bought a nice, new headset to use with Skype, maybe I’ll play around with the …read more

Another poll on the CNBC website asks users what console they are planning to purchase this holiday season.

Not a whole lot of response yet, but still my thoughts are how much purchasing impact is this having on the existing Xbox users shopping?
As with my example, there were a number of games we were looking at purchasing this year as gifts for my son. Sure, we’ll more than likely still purchase them at some point, but as of now, our plan is to hold off until the Xbox 360 is fixed.
I’m interested in hearing how this is impacting current shoppers …read more

As a result of our last post I decided to update our user poll question to ask about people’s experience with Vista.
Let us know what you think in the comments after you vote.

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I conquered Halo 3 last night and I’ve got to say it was a bit of a let down for me. Let me not confuse you, the game-play itself has been fun and I love the new additions of weapons, vehicles and enemies, but the ending itself was a little lackluster in my opinion.
Have you beaten it? What did you think? Is it more about the online gameplay than the campaign itself?

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Robert Aitchison has an interesting poll on his website asking who’s the most evil and Microsoft didn’t win!

Microsoft isn’t exactly in the best of company with their competitors on the poll. I think the only people missing are Hitler, the Taliban and Enron.
Go vote for yourself and share your opinions
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