Entries for Chris Haaker

What Was MS Thinking w\Vista SP1 Release? [What Was MS Thinking w\Vista SP1 Release?]

chaaker — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:29:21 GMT

I cannot believe Microsoft has announced the RTM of Windows Vista SP1 and then is going to make customers, sys admins and enterprises wait 6 weeks to get a copy of it. I cannot understand the logic of waiting until it appears on retail shelves and new OEM computers due to a "small subset of device drivers" so we can all experience the errors in unison. I surely see delaying the auto-update features - those set of drivers may get fixed. However, allow those who make their livings with technology to manually download the service pack as they can correct any problems from those drivers.

Microsoft is effectively going to push all of their fans to download this service pack illegally from the torrents and file sites as soon as it is leaked. Not a good position to be in. Another insular decision that, to me, illustrates the "two steps forward. one step back" nature of Microsoft goodwill.

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How Are Threads Organized? [How Are Threads Organized?]

chaaker — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:01:26 GMT

They dont seem to be organized by:

Date, # of replies or most recent reply. What is the logic here? I end up having to cycle through the (now) 3 pages of posts to see what is what.

I am curious, it seems you are starting from scratch with this site instead of incorporating all the neat things you made\learned\created for channels 9 and 10. Why wouldnt you leverage all those great pieces? Although coming out after them it is instantly inferior to them. I feel like I got a Zune 30 after the Zune 80 came out ...

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Perimeter Navigation [Perimeter Navigation]

chaaker — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:33:14 GMT

Suggestions for improvement - can there be some "crumb" navigation at the top of the forums so I dont have to go out to the PERIMETER link at the top each time? Or once I am in the top level of a thread a way to go side-to-side across to the top level of the next thread? So far, great job and I am looking forward to more improvements.

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