[softwarelist] Re: Windows Vista

In message <9b1a4ab94e.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <d1lrbVB+E11FFwXp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> In message <4eb68e34e3dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> writes
> 
> <snip>
>> 
>> It would be interesting to know if some human computer interface
>> researchers have proved that dropping "My Computer" from the backdrop
>> and sticking it on the start menu (to pick one trivial example) is
>> better.
>> 
> Don't know about Vista, but if you right-click on My Computer in the
> Start menu of XP, there is an option to "Display on Desktop". Same
> with Internet Explorer.
> 
> The advantage in both cases over creating your own shortcut is that
> the right-click menus work on the desktop version as well, e.g. My
> Computer has Manage, IE has Internet Options.
> 
> I still haven't found a way to put "Network Neighbourhood" up though.
> 

Strange. Worked exactly the same here as My Computer (XP Home, SP2).

-- 
Franz Werner

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