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        <title><![CDATA[I agree with you]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[my exp with it so far http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&amp;threadID=308537&amp;messageID=3074744]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The Scummy One]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:10:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Take a closer look at Windows 7???s Jump List feature]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-306340-3074945]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[As I have done with the previous operating systems, I will get rid of all that nonsense and restore my own system of organizing my work. Why does Microsoft insist on making decisions for us? Jump lists and the like should be available as downloads and not automatically installed.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ElijahKam]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:18:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Speed of response - Jump List]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First time I've studied this.  Could be very good, IF it doesn't demand too much from the PC - ie is fast, even first-time round.  The more context-relevant options that can be carefully (and clearly) offered, the better - that's how I tend to want to work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GWK]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:58:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That is whay you change the defaults]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[but only once you know the system.Remember defaults are there for the largest user base.  Only a fool would think otherwise.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[The 'G-Man.']]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:12:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would have to concur]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It doesn't strike me that using this new 'jump menu' feature will change the way people navigate too drastically, I think its a great idea, I hate loosing the last document I opened in a program. I also don't think that this will effect business users much, in fact it seams more of a benefit than a hindrance.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[i.t@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:22:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kinda agree...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As features go, this is pretty trivial. Can't MS devote some resources to making  a &quot;lite&quot; OS which boots in few seconds, runs on reasonable spec equipment, is bug free &amp; has none of this extraneous stuff? That's what I'd like to buy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[tim uk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:10:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's Not About Average]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The system has to work efficiently not only for the average user, but the power-user and other high end users as well.Or, should we all dumb down our use to match theirs?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dogknees]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:24:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Interesting feature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thanks for a look at an interesting feature.  I haven't taken the time to look at Win 7 so I like this type of article.I am not a fan of most UI changes.  My general take on it is that I've invested years learning the old UI (and it's predecessors) so I'm not partial to changes for change sake.  Especially if I don't have an option to fall back to the old style when I am in a hurry and just want to get my work done!  For example I absolutely loathe the Ribbon &quot;gooey&quot; introduced with Office 2007.  Functions have been moved to new &quot;tabs&quot;, it wastes 3 &quot;rows&quot; of screen space and the damn thing is dynamic so it never looks the same when I resize the app.  I hear it has unfortunately been extended to more apps in Win 7.  But this jump list feature looks like a handy extension of &quot;shortcuts&quot;.One question, does the user have any way of controlling number of items in each of the sections of the jumplist.  ie in Word 2007 you can now increase the number of items in the &quot;Most Recently Used&quot; (MRU) list from a former max of 9 (a limit left over from the days of VGA resolution, REALLY) to a new max of 50 (which I use).  I also already have several files pinned.  Off hand, it sounds like Jump Lists is an extension of the improved MRU in Office 2007 (one of the few improvements I like in the Ribbon) throughout the OS.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron_007]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:52:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You mistake the needs of the average business user]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As I?ve noted more than once this is mostly geek candy.  The typical business environment for users is very locked down with access limited to only applications needed for job function.  In addition 95 percent of business users need nothing other than basic functionality from software.  I?ve maintained for years that Word Pad with a spell checker would suffice for 90 percent of users.  All the cute interface tricks and redundant ?new? ways to get the same thing done that is already very well understood is simply rearranging deck chairs, not launching the boat.  When it comes to users and training there is a true value for keeping it simple.  There is simply not for the majority any payback for trying to teach them several new ways to do the same otherwise simple thing.And with respect to the classic menu let me say that I?m very pleased that you are content with a new structure every Windows release.  But for those of us that really need to get work done and would rather not retrain for each release there?s not much pretty about it.  Frankly the vast majority of people intuitively understand the ?old? hierarchical approach to menu structure.  The alleged simplified versions often more confuse than assist, particularly when there are typically only four to seven options available in a well bolted down desktop anyway.It?s the ongoing war between cool and geeky versus simple and practical.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:49:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Take a closer look at Windows 7???s Jump List feature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your comment that the Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7 is not true. It is available but hidden. I prefer this, but the Jump Lists are a nice option if you find using the same files again. I prefer a simpler view. Below is the link to enable the Quick Launch bar. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html.  Thanks for your review. Jim from PA.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:48:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Take a closer look at Windows 7???s Jump List feature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Have Windows 7 running on 4 different platforms - a netbook, a laptop and 2 desktops, all of which also boot some version of Vista and/or XP (one if which even still has 2K!). Whenever I'm doing something on one of them not using Windows 7, I get extremely frustrated, because to me, it's the first time MS did something so intuitive that I don't usually have to think about for a moment before doing something, as with most prior OSs. I'm also really frustrated listening to all the whining about the changes. Just because someone spent a lot of time and effort becoming an ultra guru on some OS doesn't make it a law a nature. I'm sure MS will extend support on the older OSs long enough that these Luddites can extend their illicit love affairs with their antiquated OSs as long as they like. Features like Jump Lists, Snaps, the new &quot;Taskbar&quot; thing (which I happen to like the way it is out of the box), the way an open app displays when hovering over one of its instances, and a whole rash of other things make this OS a delight. At 70+, going strong after 50+ years in and around computer technology, I want to see the new, the imaginative, the different and the daring - not business as usual.Jim]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:36:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[those look awfully familiar]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The look and description (though not quite the layout) are very similar to the way OSX's taskbar works.  right click on one of the icons and you get a menu with a set of options.  Word, for example give you on Open recent submenu plus several other options similar to the Task section you describe above.  Nice to see this feature appearing in Windows now as I really like it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:12:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's amazing how many so-called tech guys are so reluctant to try new features just to see if maybe it might help them be more productive.If these guys were in charge, we'd still be redirecting our DIR output through the FIND command to locate specific files.Don't knock it until you've tried it, people.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[five.cent.family@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:31:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;but I would still rather have Vista than DOS&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and would you drop xp to vista? We still have a problem - WHY is vista here? Not every step m$ makes is a step forward.&quot;I relish each new OS, yes even Vista&quot;Where have xp failed? Vista is to xp, what winme was to '98 - nothing but money...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claes57]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:26:19 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Take a closer look at Windows 7???s Jump List feature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I find it interesting that some Tech guys hate change or insist that command line is best. Horses for courses I say. I have been using computers since they were built with tubes (thermionic valves) through all types of OS on PCs since before CP/M and DOS. Most have been improvements to most users. All have left enough of the old system to keep the slow uptakers happy and the command line typers still able to do their support tasks efficiently. We still get those who bitch and whine at moving forward because they are too slow to learn new tricks.I relish each new OS, yes even Vista, it just takes a little learning to make it work for you. Not everyone will customize it the same way but I would still rather have Vista than DOS. Now W7 looks and feels great. Yet another little gem in jump lists that I hadn't spotted but see good use for as soon as I have got to grips with it. Keep up the good work Greg.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GreyTech]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:29:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's nice. I'm not a technological whiz - I'm just a person who uses a computer. I like that it remembers things, but keeps it out of the way unl;ess you're looking for it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kapearlman@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:26:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jump Into Convenience]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The 7 Jump list feature is a not only a very efficient way to find what window you wish to be working in, it is also very good looking.  I too have been working with MS since the DOS days and am always trying to find 'shortcuts' to the end result of getting the job done.  I used batch files as often as I could to automate tasks then and see the producivity increase of using jump lists today.  Windows 7, so far, is an improvement of Vista.  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hicksricky@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:08:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's Handy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I like it.  Some people have a hard time accepting any change.  Years ago we bought my folks a microwave.  Dad would not go near it for almost a year.  After he found out how handy it was, he started to use it every day.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mark-at-pirate-hill@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:56:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Im insulted. I don't roll with windows or mac at home.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[csmith.kaze]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:54:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[???]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Im not sure I understand. I freaking live on Wikipedia]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[csmith.kaze]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:16:25 -0700</pubDate>
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