Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time
May 29, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7
The trouble with UAC isn't a single request for permission. Instead, what bothers most people is the second UAC prompt, and the third, and the fourth, and so on. was all prepared to lay out my modest proposal for how Microsoft should tweak UAC in Windows 7. And then I said, "Hey, wait a minute! I already did this." My four suggestions for easing the pain of UAC fell on deaf ears when I first published them more than two years ago. Maybe someone in Redmond is more willing to listen today.
» Read more on Ed Bott's Microsoft ReportRelated News
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
August 28, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7 - Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
August 28, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7 - Five features that must die in Windows 7
August 21, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7 - Windows 7 will be warmed over Vista
August 21, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7 - My Windows 7 wish list
August 20, 2008 (Wednesday) | Windows 7 - Microsoft may have 2,000 developers working on Windows 7
August 20, 2008 (Wednesday) | Windows 7 - MS vows to avoid Vista mistakes in Windows 7
August 18, 2008 (Monday) | Windows 7 - Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! How about some more dialog about Vista before moving on to Windows 7?
August 15, 2008 (Friday) | Windows 7 - Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7
August 15, 2008 (Friday) | Windows 7 - Expect to see Windows 7 Lite by June, 2010
June 7, 2008 (Saturday) | Windows 7 - Windows 7: To wait or not to wait? That is the question
June 4, 2008 (Wednesday) | Windows 7 - Can Windows 7 benefit students?
June 1, 2008 (Sunday) | Windows 7 - Microsoft makes Windows 7 driver testing mandatory as of June 1
June 1, 2008 (Sunday) | Windows 7 - Why Microsoft will release a mini-Windows 7
May 31, 2008 (Saturday) | Windows 7 - FAQ: What we know about Windows 7
May 29, 2008 (Thursday) | Windows 7