Acts of Volition

Windows Vista: Right on the Button(s)

Posted by Steven Garrity on in , - 9 comments

After experimenting briefly with a beta version, I have determined the best new feature of Windows Vista.

I complained back in 2001 about the rough edges on large form buttons in Internet Explorer. After installing Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP, this was one of the first things I tested. I was dismayed to discover that the problem still persists.

However, on Windows Vista using IE 7, the corners of wide form buttons are not broken. That alone is worth years and millions of dollars worth of development.

Windows XP vs. Vista form buttons screenshot

That said, I still don’t understand what determines how wide the form buttons actually become (seems to be some kind of length_of_button_text × 1.N formula).

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Jakub Steiner -

http://jimmac.musichall.cz

The buttons are very Tongoey :)

hbons -

http://www.bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/

Looks great, I wish Firefox would enherit GNOME/KDE widget style...

hbons -

http://www.bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/

They even look a bit Tangoish :P

FEYAK -

harikasiniz yawww

Bob -

Off topic, but I notice you guys don't do "Live from the Formosa" anymore. I always thought that was a great idea. Too busy or did it just run its course?

aa2011 -

what does ROTFLOL mean?

Jens Meiert -

http://meiert.com/en/

Thank God, and I thought this post is about IE 7 usability ;) I'm glad to hear that this problem's "fixed" now, didn't test with Vista yet.