With the latest release of the Windows Vista CTP build this week. I was doing some recap with some of the changes made in the history of windows and one of the things that I didnt pay much attention to lately is the Windows 'start' button. Most of you will probably know that the start button was a big talk within HCI for it's inconsistency with user actions - clicking a button called start to shut down - end - a computer ... etc. With a bit of search I found the following link with all the windows buttons from Windows 95 to Vista build 5259 (2 builds back I think) but the button in this build is still the same. So by the looks of it, in the last 3 builds of vista, including the one released this week 5308 the word 'start' is finally no longer going to be present. I think this will make HCI guys happy now
For a recap on the start button in the past 10 years I've included the images I found in the link above.
Daniel Wissa is Software Developer living in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Starting his journey in IT at a very young age, Daniel has already accomplished a number of things.
In his second year as a Computer Science student at the University of Canterbury, Daniel was the first person to become a Microsoft Student Ambassador at the University. Following on from his work as a Microsoft Student Ambassador at Canterbury, Daniel became part of a global Student Advisory Board a team a of students from all around the world that helped bring the current version of theSpoke.
In 2005, Daniel completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Information Systems and Technology while still only 20 years of age. 2005 was also the year when he started his blog to share his thoughts about technology and related topics. Daniel believes that blogging is a powerful way of sharing opinion and communicating ideas to people across the globe.
Daniel has always been interested in Microsoft technologies since being at university and in 2006 he completed the Microsoft Certified Application Developer .NET certification. Taking his interest in Microsoft stuff even further, he currently co-leads the Christchurch .NET usergroup.
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