I don't have too much of a problem with the dimming effect they've added to
UAC in theory, but in its current implementation it is just plain ugly. The
whole screen flickers rudely before displaying in a dimmed state and
flickers again when switching back to normal. It looks really bad, like
there's something wrong with my monitor or like it's switching video modes.
I was expecting some sort of smooth transition to the dimmed state and back.
I filed a bug on it.
Of course the UAC dialog in general is starting to become ineffective on me.
I'm already not bothering to read it more often than not. I suspect many
others will do the same, rendering it as useless as the "are you sure
(Y/N)?" prompts of yore.
PS: I was thinking, if MS really wants to make the UAC experience effective,
they should add some demonic laughter when the screen dims and set the
"Continue" button on fire.
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wow! There is a huge difference of opinion on this feature.
>
> From TechWeb article
> http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.j...leID=159900001
>
> Much-Improved User Account Control
>
> The most reviled feature of earlier Vista builds, User Account Control
> (UAC), has thankfully been reined in with Beta 2. For the first time, it
> is
> actually useful, and goes some way toward solving a security problem that
> has long bedeviled Windows.
>
>
>
> From PC Magazine http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1965703,00.asp
>
> One of the significant differences in Beta 2 is that the implementation of
> UAC (user account control) privilege elevation is much more
> intrusive-objectionably so, in our experience so far.
>
> It looks like one of these organizations has a "private" agenda.
>
>
>
> I personally do not find it all that intrusive.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
>
> Richard Urban
> MVP Windows Shell/User
> (using Vista 5384)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew half as much as you think you know,
> You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew.
>
>