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Windows 7

Jan 11

Posted by kosh in usual

I’ve been running the beta version of Windows 7 for the past couple of days and I am really happy with the way the new UI modifications look. For one, you will no longer have a cluttered taskbar and the UI looks and feels much snappier than any earlier version of windows.

The install was easy and I basically had my existing Vista installation upgraded to 7. The beta is currently under a 30 day trial-period and I’m already looking for ways to get a serial number and retain this beta install until the final release early next year. An added bonus was that, the upgrade did not break any of my existing programs and I have had no compatibility issues, except for Google Chrome which refuses to work!

I wish I had a touchscreen monitor to experience the touch features but I am happy so far. It’s really awesome and I think you should definitely check it out. Follow the download link here -

Edit : I like the new UAC settings as well…much less annoying!

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The browser war

Sep 7

Posted by kosh in Technical

The past week has seen a couple of new browsers in the market, namely IE8 beta 2 and Google Chrome. And I must say that the winner. by far. is IE8. Now I’m not just saying this because I worked at Microsoft this summer. I’m saying this because Chrome, in my opinion, is a pre-alpha or alpha release at best. Sure, all the Google websites load up in a fly and the javascript engine is awesome but this crap isn’t supposed to be in the market just yet. It can scroll pages down but not up, has issues with doing simple functions on Facebook and other sites,  and starts keeping the cpu busy for reasons beyond my cognition. (Maybe it’s analyzing your cache to convert it to Google Cash).

Now, Internet Explorer on the other hand has definitely been a step forward in the right direction. In fact, I’ve moved from using Firefox exclusively to 50-50 share among the 2 now. The built in search similar to Firefox is good, doesn’t break any existing sites, has a compat mode, safe-browsing mode, an addon site, and a host ofother features and the usability going for it. Go ahead, try it out. I bet you would be pleasantly surprised.

A note to Google – I’m sure the browser is going to in beta forever, just like GMail and other services, but that isn’t an excuse to roll out a POS browser and expect people to forgive you. If you break it, you fix it. Here’s a funny take on the Chrome being touted as the new Web-OS and Windows-killer.

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