Am I the only one that actually *LIKES* Vista?

[Rocky Moore]

Michael Dunn wrote:

Explorer bites

Actually, I really like the new Explorer. The path dropdowns seemed a bit strange to start with, but I really like them now. Also love the Favorite Links pane, that is a huge time save. Enjoy the built in search too! The only thing I do not like is the defaulting to a music listing style. That has been a pain! What parts do you not like?

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[Patrick Etc]

Erik Funkenbusch wrote:

As someone else said, yes, the media pipeline supports DRM, but just because the pipeline was malfunctioning doesn't mean DRM was the problem. The media pipeline loads in codecs, for instance, and that's where all the decoding happens. A problem with a codec could cause the pipeline to do all kinds of strange things, having NOTHING to do with DRM.

Except that that doesn't happen on any other operating system not specifically designed to lock out DRM protected content. Sorry, "media pipelines" have existed in operating systems for years. It's not a technology that should be having growing pains this late in the game.

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