Windows Vista
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Vista added a bunch of new concepts, but didn't reach Nirvana. For example, in this screenshot, Hoefnagels noted eight distinct notifications all being generated by Microsoft Outlook. On the positive side, he said, with Vista "we brought back the Quick Launch. Also, we introduced search in the Start menu, for instance, another attempt to make it very fast to get to the programs you want to use."
March 26, 2009 4:00 AM PDT
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