Ever seen this ?
Monday, December 25, 2006
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Comments on Windows Vista
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Yesterday I got a chance to explore Vista OS in Microsoft shop in Infy.
DISCLAIMER : This is not a review of Vista, just my initial impressions.
First impressions - GUI is a real feast for the eyes (who haven't seen Linux distros and MAC-OS) , but still it is intutive and appealing, WIN+TAB feature is amazing,it renders 3-D previews of open windows, but this feature I have seen in an open source 3-D OS released some time back. Anyways it is great to fiddle with GUI. The best thing I liked in Vista are the games, they have included a 3-D chess game in Vista(to my pleasure) and few more games like Mahajong (borrowed from Fedora :-)). I was told the old games like sol and mines have been rewritten for Vista ...but i guess only GUI changed apart from few things like in mines , if u open a mine a chain reaction starts which bursts all the mines on board(time waste :-( to look at the whole series). Start-Pane is intutive and less cluttered.
Cool feature is the granular permission feature (borrowed from linux). When I clicked on installed programs icon, it asks for the permission to open it, similar is the case of installing s/w. Some useful features are when u select a desktop wallpaper it gets reflected immediately,no need to apply it, and also desktop has some useful apps like clock, notebook etc.
The search has really improved, its content sensitive, displays results as you type names. One more good feature is that in task manager they have seperated services and processes, there are diff. tabs for both so you can easily deal with both.
What else.. you get a new screen when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL, which again, sorry to say resembles much like Fedora CTRL+ALT+DEL screen (am I obsessed with linux??)
I cant tell abt networking,stability or performance features. It also had MS Office 2007, which is cool in terms of looks, more features with less clicks, good job there.
Thats all from my side, for more in depth reviews, search the web :-)
I'll end with a question i read in some competition on web - Come up with a new type of file manager for an operating system which does not manages files in a traditional way like folders, come up with a more realistic and intutive approach.
:-( Don't have brains for this one,alas i would hae been in Google.
But the best part is chess game (i'm loving it). Enjoy!!!
[Aye dil-e-nadan tujhe hua kya hai, is marz ki aakhir davaa kya hai]
Posted by :ubuntu at 11:57:00 PM 3 comments
For all Java lovers out there !!!
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
I happened to read an awesome blog on Java ...thought will be great to share it ..
Relish every line of it ...
Must read for Java Lovers
btw why don't ppl leave a comment on my blogs :(
Posted by :ubuntu at 4:37:00 AM 0 comments
Two too good movies
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Last weekend I saw DOR and Stealth ... and both movies were gr8 ....
After a long time saw a good action english movie( i missed Stealth when it was released) ..
DOR is a nice movie with a different script (but later my friend told its a true incident and there the widow doesn't pardons the accused).The characters were apt in their roles and to see Gul Panang was a refreshing so was to see Ayesha Takia(she is looking so cute) in a simple role. What I liked particularly were somewhat laconic converstions(obviously from Zeenat's side) with Shreyas Talpade. His role is fine and brings humour. One dialogue which really striked me was what Gul says to Ayesha
"apne faisle khud karo par unke anjaam sehne ki himmat bhi rakho" [make your own decisions but be brave to face the consequences].
How does Nagesh manages to make a movie with so few characters(he should see Barjatyas')
I saw Stealth on HBO ... i liked the action sequences (the one where fuel plane bursts in the air) ...the AI element in it ...
it is a good action movie to watch !!!!!
Posted by :ubuntu at 1:19:00 AM 1 comments
Travelogue- To Kodaikanal
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Had visited to kodai on a three day trip in sept end....was one of the gr8 trips out of very few we have undertaken ...doesn't feel like writing abt it (just being lazy) so have a look at the pics ...
Was thinking something ...how do you define a hobby ...
my hobby is travelling - but i dont travel a lot, but i'm excited whenevr I travel.
my hobby is photography - but I seldom take gr8 snaps, but i'm excited whenevr I have a camera in my hand.
my hobby is reading - and i do read occasionally.
Posted by :ubuntu at 1:13:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: travel
kamaal ka din !!!
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Aaj accha din hai, kaam nahin hai(tell me something new) or blogs surf kar raha hoon ...
getting good stuff ...
betaal pachisi mili mujhe ....do read all of them ...
here's the link
Betaal Pachisi
aaj main upar,aasmaan neeche... :-)
I would also like to draw attension of all readers to Blank Noise Project. The Link is to the left side of my blogs under Do Visit section. This is a project on eve teasing. Many people have come here and wrote their experiences.
Good Initiative, India needs things like this.
Posted by :ubuntu at 2:00:00 AM 1 comments
Nice one
I found this on one of the blogs.. :-)
Kitabon se kabhie guzro to yoon kirdaar milte hain
Gaye waqton ki dyodhi par khade kuch yaar milte hain
Jise hum dil ka veerana samajhkar chod aaye the
Wahin ujde huye shahron ke kuch aasar milte hain
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