I'm not saying MS shouldn't make use of the newest resources. I'm just saying that this shouldn't be misconstrued as MS making sacrifices for the consumer. It was said that MS has put a lot of effort into developing new technology for the consumer as is they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. The reason for them researching and developing is so that they can make more money. I don't say this is wrong, just that they are doing it for themselves and what it will get them; not for us. The benefit to us is just a bonus. As far as lazyness is concerned I just think that MS should have put more effort into an OS that millions of people are going to be using. It's too buggy and too big.

I myself have never used Linux. All that I know about it is second hand information. From reading some of the posts here I gether that Linux gives that user the ability to alter the OS to their preference. In my eyes this is a plus. For the everage used I suppose this wouldn't be important, but it isn't necessary to alter the OS in order to use it. But for those of us that would use such functionality it is good to have. My second point is on the open-source. I think someone here said they didn't understand why they would want to do this. I think the main reson for this is so that everyone can contribute and eventually make Linux the best OS. This practice is one of the things that I respect most about Linux because it shows a commitment to the users and not to the money. Of course I respect MS as well. From a business standpoint there is no one that I respect more. I don't believe in businesses working for the consumers. The point of a business is to make money and there is no reason to get upset at them for that. This isn't to say that we have to like, just that we should understand. Next comes the issue of MS doing research to further develope the industry. This reminds me of the saying "it takes money to make money." By developing new technologies, MS isn't trying to further the industry, it is planning for its own future. If they don't develope something like voice recognition someone else will and then MS will be left out. This is the mistake they made with the Internet. They only recovered from that mistake because of the shear brute force they were able to apply. Personally I dislike MS's software. It does crash a lot and to me this means that they didn't put enough effort into it. Secondly, its way too big. The Windows folder on my computer is 719 MB. I've used three computers in my life and the other two didn't have hard drives that big. I think that MS has used the increase of technology to become lazy. Now that most computers are at least 10GB, an OS of 1GB isn't a big problem. I could probably say a lot more, but this is where I'll stop for now.

I think the main issue is what does the app do. If your making some kind of tool its a waste of time and space to worry about a cool interface. Function is more important. I've noticed that a lot of multimedia software uses skins. These were cool at first, but after looking at them for a few minutes the coolness wore off. They ended up being rather complicated and I stopped using them. The one place where I've got to have something beyond the usual Windows-like interface is in a game. I need the game to put me in the right mood or else I just can't get into. If its desinged well it won't be confusing, and as far as resources go I've seen some awsome interfaces on apps under 5MB. They were easy to understand and almost entirely bug free. I'll agree that a skin isn't necessary in most cases and even bad in some, but if its done well for the right kind of app it can add a lot to a program.

Thanks Mike. It works! :)

Alright I was going to try and solve this problem on my own, but with school I just don't have the time and its really starting to bug me. Here it is. I want to have a menu item that when selected will change the dimensions of the main dialog. I'd like it to be able to resize the dialog to fit the screen. I'd also like to have a 640x480, 800x600, and a 1024x768 item that when selected will change the dialog to these sizes. I've tried using MoveWindow(), but this only seems to work in the dialogs initialization. I'd like to solve this myself, but it's gotten to the point that not having the answer is too annoying. Thank you.

For myself I'd have to say that the revolution is over. When I first got an internet connection a few years ago everything was new to me and every site had something different about it. Now I've seen most everything. Since I've learned HTML I look more at what is wrong with a site rather than what is good about it. Occasionally I'll find a good site like this one, but still it is just another site. Although the information it provides is a great help it would be just as good if it were plain text. But this is just my opinion. For those that are new to the internet I'm sure the revolution is far from over. But for me few sites are useful. And those that are are too hard to find to bother looking.