re: Is Microsoft serious about gadgets?

Rex Dee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:02:18 GMT

I absolutely "love" quality sidebar gadgets. I check for new ones every month religiously. It's the perfect compliment to a 20-22" monitor. Without them, there is a lot of wasted space.

This has to be one of the more frustrating parts of the OS application and software + services philosphy. Huge potential just being wasted away because Microsoft constantly disbands groups to work elsewhere after completing whatever version they are working on. It's only after a long period of inactivity with no updates and the inevitable complaining from users or competition starts kicking their posteriors that they decide that maybe that was a bad idea. Case in point: "IE6" and "Ultimate Extras!"

Note to Microsoft: Keep your teams in tack and hire more developers for new projects. Don't disband just because the winds of interest have changed. You can't tell me you can't afford it with a 41 billion dollar proposal to buy out Yahoo!

re: Is Microsoft serious about gadgets?

someone — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:07:21 GMT

As a matter of fact, is Microsoft even concerned about other Windows Vista components. Why aren't there dedicated teams to various apps like Movie Maker/DVD Maker, Windows Explorer, Windows Calendar? What's happening with the Live apps like Live Mail, Photo Gallery once v1 has shipped? Why are releases so slow? MS is not even fixing shell and Explorer bugs. Windows Calendar seems to be 1-time done thing, no integration with other apps, no further improvements.