From: Adam 

Mike N. wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:54:54 +0000, Ad
>  wrote:
>
>> http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/5-sins-of-vista.html
>>
>> Ah ha so it woz XP SP2 wot killed my windows search....
>
> "Notice that when I clicked on the dropdown it shows me a bunch of
> websites. A BUNCH OF FRICKEN WEBSITES.  Sure, I can click on the left to
> one of my 'Favorite locations', but this takes much longer than the tree
> interface ever did. Oh yea. What happens when we select one of those
> websites?
>   [RASBERRY]
> Why show it then? "
>
>    Back when Vista was in the throes of design was when everyone feverishly
> realized that SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH was the wave of the future.   So they
> decided to pretend that disk volumes and tree structures do not exist. All
> content be located by a search instead of laboriously clicking through a
> tree.

I remember a conversation a while back with a tech evangelist type who was
hot on everything being a search & the joys of the virtual folder etc
stating "trees are for monkeys"....

Adam

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