Vista - Vista still contains bits from WFWG's???

Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new from
the ground up".

- Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
- right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"

Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
WorkGroups 3.11?

"more of the same" is more like it...

That was actually a huge issue with a lot of us beta testers.

We weren't too happy about that.

Needless to say it is one of the only remaining items from that era.


"dieHard®" <dieHard@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new
> from the ground up".
>
> - Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
> - right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>
> Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
> WorkGroups 3.11?
>
> "more of the same" is more like it...

This has already been posted. You are not the one to find it.

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Regards,



"dieHard®" <dieHard@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uxJGjIvUHHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new
> from the ground up".
>
> - Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
> - right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>
> Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
> WorkGroups 3.11?
>
> "more of the same" is more like it...

dieHard® <dieHard@msn.com> wrote:

>Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new from
>the ground up".
>
>- Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
>- right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>
>Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
>WorkGroups 3.11?
>
>"more of the same" is more like it...

If it works and meets all of the requirements why not keep it in use?

Why spend time and money reinventing the wheel?

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

The way it was explained was that there are certain functions that while
they seem immaterial or marginal require huge amounts of re-coding to
change. Software doesn't function as simple sub-routines. Everything is
dependant on other things. So to change that dialog might be 7 lines of
code, but it might cause 2,000 other things to break and then you'd have
to rewrite maybe thousands of lines of code. Every single change can
introduce unexpected results. Unfortunately, users only see the Shell &
not all the underlying work that is done.

"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> dieHard® <dieHard@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new
>>from
>>the ground up".
>>
>>- Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
>>- right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>>
>>Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
>>WorkGroups 3.11?
>>
>>"more of the same" is more like it...
>
> If it works and meets all of the requirements why not keep it in use?
>
> Why spend time and money reinventing the wheel?
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> Syberfix Remote Computer Repair
>
> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
> has never been in bed with a mosquito."

> This has already been posted. You are not the one to find it.
>
He didn't say he was the 'only one'....

--
Barry Schnur

This Add Fonts window also exist in Windows XP.

On 2/17/2007 7:17 PM, dieHard®:
> Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new
> from the ground up".
>
> - Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
> - right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>
> Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
> WorkGroups 3.11?
>
> "more of the same" is more like it...

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:24:04 -0800, "Shane Nokes"
<Morpheus_Phreak@nospam.msn.com> spake thusly:

>That was actually a huge issue with a lot of us beta testers.
>
>We weren't too happy about that.
>
>Needless to say it is one of the only remaining items from that era.

That is REALLY bizarre. I almost never install fonts so I've not
noticed.*

I wonder if I can turn up progman.exe, cardfile.exe and winfile.exe in
a search of my Windows folder? ;-)








*OK, I've installed a number of fonts, but only because they came with
other programs and said programs do the installation at setup.

--
Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

In article <uxJGjIvUHHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, dieHard® says...
> Someone please explain this, as I keep hearing about how Vista is "new from
> the ground up".
>
> - Go to C:\Windows\Fonts
> - right-click anywhere in the right pane and select "Add New Font"
>
> Am I blind or isn't that dialog that pops open straight out of Windows for
> WorkGroups 3.11?
>
> "more of the same" is more like it...
>
So what? If it does the job, why does it need changing?


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

It was a big deal for some people a few months back. People always need
something to complain about. I could really care less about the add font
dialog

I think it is pretty funny how people are so hypocritical. Microsoft can
make pretty things, but people will call it eye candy. Microsoft can leave
well enough alone, and people wonder where the eye candy is!

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"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:24:04 -0800, "Shane Nokes"
> <Morpheus_Phreak@nospam.msn.com> spake thusly:
>
>>That was actually a huge issue with a lot of us beta testers.
>>
>>We weren't too happy about that.
>>
>>Needless to say it is one of the only remaining items from that era.
>
> That is REALLY bizarre. I almost never install fonts so I've not
> noticed.*
>
> I wonder if I can turn up progman.exe, cardfile.exe and winfile.exe in
> a search of my Windows folder? ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *OK, I've installed a number of fonts, but only because they came with
> other programs and said programs do the installation at setup.
>
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?