The basic how-to techniques of Vista Tutorial Tutorial 1th/7 page _vista

Desktop and appearance

It is believed that most users first felt a strong visual stimulation at the beginning of their exposure to Windows Vista-although technically, the improvements in security and functionality made by Windows Vista were more important-a new user interface, the Aero glass is magnificent, Even the most refined Windows Vista basic themes are stunning. Objectively speaking, Windows Vista is in many ways close to a real threat to the "cool" rep that led the fashion of Apple Mac OS x.

On the operational side, Windows Vista adheres to the traditional features of Microsoft's products: simple, easy, easy to get started, even beginners can quickly grasp the basic operations-of course, it takes some effort to master.

In this chapter, we will briefly describe the basics of Windows Vista to help users quickly master the essentials of Windows Vista usage.

2.1 Desktop and appearance

To discuss Windows Vista desktop topics, Aero glass seems to be essential, but we've talked about Aero glass and flip 3D, active thumbnails, and so on over and over again, and instead focus on Windows Changes in the operation of Vista's new desktop.

New desktop, new name

The biggest change in desktop elements is that Microsoft has adopted a new naming method:

"My Computer" has been used for years to become a "computer Computer"--and why is it that Microsoft's Chinese culture people translate "Computer" into "computers" rather than traditional "computers", and perhaps add some new ideas?

The "My Documents" icon is replaced by documents, whereas the "My Documents" icon that used to appear on the desktop is replaced by the "Users" folder;

Users who prefer to drag personal files into My Documents may start off with a bit of a habit, and in Windows Vista, dragging files into a user folder does not mean they will be saved in the Documents directory: documents in the next level of user folders

The IE icon that has been in the Windows desktop for many years has disappeared, although we can create IE shortcuts on the desktop, but it is a pity that users who used to use the right key properties of IE icons to change IE settings.

Sidebar and gadgets

In Windows Vista desktop, previously by Third-party software such as Google Desktop or Yahoo! Widgets implementation of the sidebar (sidebar) and gadgets (gadgets) are integrated, which makes the desktop element richer, but objectively speaking, especially for the screen is not big enough or show a low resolution of users, it is not significant, but to take up valuable screen space, Perhaps a lot of users in the initial play after they will be shelved.

From the perspective of use, it is fairly easy to add new gadget operations, the corresponding settings and adjustments to the sidebar is also easy, just right-click in it, change the settings of the property window, such as setting whether to load the sidebar, adjust the sidebar position, display the number of gadgets, detailed settings and operation methods can refer to Windows Vista in the sidebar and gadgets in the introduction.

Perhaps sidebar and gadgets can be seen in larger programs as Microsoft's defense against other companies ' access to their traditional desktop territory--as some people think it is not the point of copying the dashboard (dashboard) and widgets (trinkets) in Mac OS X It is highly integrated with the system has its own advantages, but the resulting security risks also have to be considered, from this point of view, perhaps the future sidebar and gadgets will be like the plug-ins of the same year, become the new battlefield rogue software.

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