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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Nov 1st 2008 12:25PM
A few minor things I really care about:
1. When exploring a drive or menu system, did they bring back the UP ARROW, that allows you to quickly move one directory up? In Vista there was the back arrow, but that didn't take you up to the parent directory unless that is where you came from, and the stupid bread crumbs... I love that up arrow and don't want to live without it.
2. Are windows update and defrag both behind the scenes nonsense still? Or do they come with XP style progress bars so you can have some sense of an idea of what is going on.
3. Do I still have to click through 3 windows of dumbed down silliness to get to important network and computing settings? Like that aggravating network diagram of the PC with a line to the router with a line to the internet?
(Unverified)Nov 2nd 2008 1:20AM
The up arrow isn't needed. Just click on the folder (breadcrumb) you want to go to in the location bar...you can go up as many levels as you like in one click. The up arrow keyboard shortcut is also still there, I believe, but it's been a while since I've used Windows...
(Unverified)Nov 2nd 2008 10:34AM
Technically the up arrow wasn't needed in XP either. You could pull down the full path address in the address bar and go up as far as you wanted there too... but that UP ARROW was fast, convenient and easy to use.
Breadcrumbs are not a replacement for it - and in my opinion are clumsy and awkward. I would turn off breadcrumbs if I could. This falls under the 'wasn't broke, shouldn't have been fixed' category for me.
In fact I can't think of a single thing, not one single thing, in the Vista interface and menu systems that I prefer over XP. I essentially would like to have the XP interface skinned onto Vista. That is something I would even pay extra for, and I am sure I am not alone... business idea for someone.
(Unverified)Nov 3rd 2008 11:49AM
I also like the up button and missed it when I first moved to Vista. But then I learned that the keyboard shortcut is Alt+Up arrow. (You can also use Alt+Left arrow to go back.) So it's very easy to go up (or back) at any time, even though there's only a button for back. Since figuring that out I haven't missed the up button at all. Unfortunately, that doesn't help if you're not a keyboard shortcut kind of person, but it's worked very well for me. Even my wife uses it and she's not that into computers. Anyway, hope that helps.
(Unverified)Dec 6th 2008 7:36PM
"When exploring a drive or menu system, did they bring back the UP ARROW, that allows you to quickly move one directory up? In Vista there was the back arrow, but that didn't take you up to the parent directory unless that is where you came from, and the stupid bread crumbs... I love that up arrow and don't want to live without it."
That's what the breadcrumbs are for. Much faster than anything prior to Vista.
(Unverified)Dec 6th 2008 11:05PM
Let's race... I can guarantee you I can get 2 folder levels UP faster using the old UP ARROW than you can using breadcrumbs.
It was something that didnt need to be removed. If breadcrumbs were a feature some people felt comfortable with why did it mean removing the UP ARROW?