"Trass3r" <u...@known.com> wrote in message news:op.vq6d47mm3ncmek@enigma... >> "http://classicshell.sourceforge.net" might fix some of my Win7 >> complaints), > > Thanks for the link. > The copy UI and status bar issues are indeed annoying.
I've never actually tried Classic Shell since my sister's computer is the only Win7 machine I ever have access to. But if actually works well, then all it would need for me to seriously consider upgrading from XP to Win7 would be: 1. Fixes for the taskbar changes (ie, the first three bullet points on my super-whiny rant: http://www.semitwist.com/articles/article/view/why-i-refuse-to-upgrade-to-win7 ) 2. XP-style open/save dialog boxes (which doesn't appear likely: http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/faq.html#explorer_saveas ) 3. Maybe some de-unified back/forward buttons for Windows Explorer. (They sounded like a great idea when I first read about IE7, but after using IE7 extensively to test my sites I found I really hated it. Heck, they're one of the reasons I use FF2 instead of FF3.) 4. And maybe some way to rip out the driver-revocation "feature" and the DRMed-AV-gets-reduced-in-quality-at-the-drop-of-a-hat "feature". (I know these might not be big issues in practice, but I don't trust anything on *my* system being completely at the discresion of corporations. Come to think of it, this is pretty much the same reason I've never trusted HDMI - one little fart and the whole thing *intentially* craps out. It's like the broadcast flag, except the FCC never even had the opportunity to say "Umm, no. Fuck that.") If I did get Win7 and Classic Shell, I don't think there's a single thing on Classic Shell's Features page ( http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/features.html ) that I wouldn't use.