Comments below.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Chambers" <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Question about Windows Explorer
Thanks for the enlightenment.
You know, even with 8+ years of using WinXP almost everyday, I had never
even noticed those icons (well, except for the Red X for "delete") until
you mentioned it, and I booted up a WinXP virtual machine to double-check.
Odd.
As to your being considered "obviously wrong" for using that tool-bar, I
can't speak. I do see, however, that using said tool-bar would require
additional mouse clicks, and therefore be less efficient. Perhaps that's
why it was dropped.
"obviously wrong" = sarcasm ;-)
The toolbar actually saves clicks - sometimes - like when deleting a file.
Instead of right-clicking on the file and finding "delete" on the menu, you
just click on the "delete" button on the toolbar. And when copying, it is
sometimes easier to keep my hand on the mouse and click the copy button than
doing a control-C or the right-click and search for "copy".
I'd have to respectfully disagree with this assessment, I'm afraid. With
the exception of that toolbar, the changes from WinXP's Explorer to
Vista's Explorer are almost entirely cosmetic. I do find that Vista's
"bread crumb" path address bar is a by far superior navigation tool, once
one gets used to it, when compared to WinXP's more cumbersome "Back" and
"Up" buttons.
The problem with the Vista address bar is when the folder names are fairly
long and I know I only want to go up one or two levels and they aren't
displayed there. It's something that just took me a little time to get used
to.
My biggest and most painful problems with the Vista WE start with the folder
views. I don't want it to remember each folder's view and it always does -
and none of the fixes I've seen here or elsewhere have worked. And it still
crashes all the time. And there are a LOT of problems with the folder
navigation pane that have driven me crazy - like the files listed in the
right pane aren't always the ones in the folder highlighted in the
navigation pane. It doesn't update when you collapse a folder or use the
arrow keys to navigate.
Other than that, it's OK. ;-)
