In general, I think Vista gets a bad run in the press. I’ve been running all of my computers on Vista since it first came out — and it’s really nice. I know that I got lucky that I didn’t have any important software incompatabilities — but then again, I run a ton of software so I don’t think I got *that* lucky.
That said — today I got a great example of a bad design that should never have been allowed to ship. It’s an example of someone really not thinking about me. Or in Microsoft speak — I was definitely not feeling “empowered”, not realizing my potential, nor was I feeling the “magic of software.”
Vista Defrag message does not value my time 😦
A few minutes — great. A few hours — not so great. Not knowing which — TERRIBLE! I guess I’ll just come back in a little while and check. Oops, still going. I guess I’ll go to my son’s soccer game AND my daughter’s soccer game. Oops, still going. Should I just cancel all of the work I was planning on doing today? Not sure…
No progress bar, no indication of what a “few hours” could really mean in the worst case…
Please, please fix this in Widows 7 — and let’s all remember that our user’s time is precious.
Moss Talks 
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