usability

A quick walkthrough of how to perform an installation of Microsoft Windows Home Server. In this walkthrough, we detail the early process of installation, but in subsequent videos we will go through both configuration, usability, and management of Home Server.

why do we have the option to perform the operation copy or cut or paste once at a time ...?? windows can create new option so that we can copy or cut more than once and we can easily paste exactly which one we need from the copied or cut item .. -its just an idea ..

When I open a video folder and click on “More Options” and then “Details”, in the Details view, one sees 4 columns: Name, Date, Type, and Size for an flv file. But I can create many more columns for an mp4 file than for an flv file. Let me explain. For an mp4 file one may see Length. In...

Since the new changes have been implemented the post reply box is now gone from the thread. So now in order to reply to a post, you click on reply which takes you to a new screen where you can reply, as if it's the advanced reply box but does not have the original post to look at. Where the...

Today Microsoft released updates for the metro Mail, People, Calendar, Messaging and Xbox Music & Video. These updates bring some long awaited fixes and feature improvements to the platform apps. The Mail, Messaging, Calendar and People app combo received the following improvements (pulled from...

Hello My Link Removed is a win7 Gateway NV59 Processor: Intel(r) Core(TM) i3 cpu M330 @ 2.13GHz 2.13GHz RAM: 4.00 GB (3.86 GB usable) System type: 64-bit Opeating System 2 days ago this laptop was working fine good barely any lagg or anything being slow. Suddenly the next day in the morning as...

Today, we released Security Advisory 2794220 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8. We are only aware of a very small number of targeted attacks at this time. This issue allows remote code execution if users browse to a malicious website with an affected browser. This...

Would it be nice to have a shortcut which would show you a form with all the keyboard shortcuts in Windows 8? Alternatively have a search charm that lets you list them by name? We are in the process of finding out if this would be a viable application/feature in Windows 8. Thanks for...

Link Removed Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice & Power Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

I was reading a review of Windows 8. Usability expert finds Windows 8 on a PC confusing - GadgetBox on NBCNews.com In it the person says "Windows 8 is optimized for content consumption rather than content production and multitasking. Whereas content consumption can easily be done on other...

Today we released Security Advisory 2757760 to address an issue that affects Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions if a user views a website hosting malicious code. Internet Explorer 10 is not affected. We have received reports of only a small number of targeted attacks and are working to...

Hi At least for now I'm giving up on Google Chrome. I've had nothing but problems with it for the last 6 months. I get popups that are supposed to be blocked, it won't display some pages correctly, like the top of this page, which just comes out as a large blank area, the spell checker is lame...

Which is preferred? Going to All APPs (screen) for things Link Removed OR having this folder on the Taskbar? Link Removed Just curious. Cheers, Drew Link Removed

At our last meeting, we discussed the possibility of adding a reward system to both Windows7Forums.com and Windows8Forums.com. In the past, this system has been known as the Experience Points system. Because the points system uses up a large amount of resources, and may not always reflect...

Good morning, I would like to thank Richard Prescott (nmsuk) for his assistance in helping us resolve a long-standing issue in the Windows 7 Forums (W7F) mobile app available on Google Play. We made some sever-side changes that do not require a re-publish of the app, and anyone who has...

I read this article today and just wondered what others thought? Do you agree with the sentiments given in the article or no? Personally I feel that this guy sat down and used Windows 8 for around a minute and a half. Anyone who has explored the new interface knows that it can easily be...

Don't even bother! I came across 4 apps (there are probably more, I just picked the one's on the top of the list) to make Windows 7 look and feel like Windows 8. Of course you know, someone had to do it, just like making Windows Vista look like 7, XP look like Vista and 98SE look like XP...

Here are some in-depth screens for our Android app available on the Google Marketplace. The app is being continually developed with usability in mind, and allows you to navigate the forums easier than browser mode. These dozens of screenshots are directly off of a Samsung Droid Charge. We are...

Before Win7 came along with it's neat pre-selected file name field, I used to be able to sweep in with my mouse and in one deft click-and-drag select the part of the name I'd want to change. That is almost always what I need to do - just modify the file name. I can not remember a single...

The latest video release showcasing Microsoft Windows 8 benchmarks, and a quick press release by Emily Wilson at Microsoft, shows that Windows 8’s boot time capability will be superior to Windows 7. No, the system was not in hibernation; otherwise we would have seen the restore from hibernation...