Posting from Windows Vista Beta 2
Finally, I have installed the public beta. A lot of improvement from the previous build I have tested (53-something, can't remember).
Some notable improvement follows:
- Better setup application. Now you know what happens between those progress bars.
- A new minimize/restore animation. Very nice! Maximize/restore still has no animation though.
- More gadgets. Currently using: Timer, Notes, and CPU Meter.
- Sound running with update after installation.
But some things aren't going, yet:
- IE7 still does not display .Text administration page “correctly“. I'm starting to think that .Text does uses some non-standard styling.
- Aero Glass is still limited to 1024x768. Anything higher than that removes all the transparencies... (but it's still Glass).
- New document animation in Expression still lagged.
Next up is Office 2007 Beta 2 on top of Windows Vista Beta 2.