| New design Microsoft Windows Vista Experience, Organization, Security... Windows Vista provides a solid
visual experience, free of flicker, redrawing, hesitation, latency, and visual artifacts. New productivity tools bring clarity to information
on your computer—you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among
open windows, and traverse wizards and dialog boxes more confidently and surely. And the visual sophistication of the Windows Vista environment
streamlines the experience across the board by minimizing and refining common visual elements to minimize distracting interface and focus on
content, information, messages, and choices.
Flip and Flip 3D
Windows Vista provides two entirely new features to manage windows codenamed "Flip" and "Flip 3D". Flip allows you to flip through open windows
(by using Alt+Tab) providing a live thumbnail of each window rather than just a generic icon and filename. Live thumbnails make it easier to
quickly identify the window you want, particularly when multiple windows of the same kind are open. With Flip 3D,you can use the scroll wheel
on your mouse to flip through open windows in a stack, and quickly locate and select the one you want to work with. This feature is even
handier when you use it with the new Flip 3D key that manufacturers are adding to many keyboards.
Properties, Quick Search, Column Headers
New controls, like the Quick Search box and Enhanced Column Headers, make it simple for you to manage large amounts of onscreen data. File
properties or metadata, like author of a document, artist of a song, or a keyword on a picture, can be added or edited on files and then used
to find and organize content stored on the PC.
Windows Vista abstracts files physical locations so that you no longer have to remember where you stored a certain file; you only need to know
loose properties about the file-in fact, if you can remember almost anything about a file, Windows Vista can find it.
Windows Vista provides many ways to tag existing files, including the Navigation Pane or the Preview Pane. The Navigation Pane shows both
folders and Virtual Folders intermingled on one control. You can select multiple items and drag those items onto any Virtual Folder in the
Navigation Pane, instantly tagging those files with a given property; or you can select one or more files and manually change proprieties
directly in the Preview Pane. You can also add metadata to some files at the time you save the file.
The Explorer Quick Search box and Column Header controls help you efficiently narrow down large selections of data. With the Quick Search Box,
you can start typing the name or the first few letters of any displayed property, and the displayed files quickly filter down to just the
matching terms. The new Column Header drop down menus let you choose just the values of interest to filter on.
The Column Headers also feature the Stack View, which shows data in a more dynamic way-a view of currently displayed data, but organized by
stacks based on a specific column header.
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