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动作真快
运营商合并动作才开始，Microsoft 已经更新了 Outlook 手机信息服务的对应内容。
雅黑字体 for Windows XP
本来 雅黑 字体是随 Vista 发表的，其他系统上缺省尚不可用，不过因为是 Microsoft 为数不多的 TrueType 汉字字形，因此很受大家关注和喜欢，自然就想把它弄到其他地方用用，比方 Windows XP，以及，现在好多 Windows Mobile 手机上大家也开始用了（小的包 3M，大的要 13M 了都）。
现在有 Microsoft 官方提供的 雅黑 for Windows XP 了，可以直接下载安装，还扭扭捏捏地称之为 “Simplified Chinese ClearType fonts for Windows XP - 简体中文”，或者这里也行。
我觉得这个字体显示标题等稍大字号的内容特别适合，因为是 TrueType 字形，放大后也很平整圆滑，倒是用来显示 9，10，11 号等稍小字号正文的时候还是觉得有点怪怪的，倒不是发虚，而是觉得笔画的颜色深浅不一，反而不习惯了。以前在 CSS 里 font family 指定“微软雅黑”估计也就 Vista 用户能欣赏，如果更多 XP 用户也安装好了，那效果就可以被更多人看到了。
Wikipedia 上的介绍是这么说的：
微软雅黑是微软委托北大方正电子有限公司设计的一款全面支持ClearType技术的字体，Monotype公司负责了字体的Hinting工作。它属于OpenType类型，文件名是MSYH.TTF，在字体设计上属于无衬线字体和黑体。该字体家族还包括“微软雅黑Bold”（粗体），这个粗体不是单纯的将普通字符加粗，而是在具体笔画上分别进行处理，因此是独立的一个字体。微软雅黑是随着简体中文版Vista一起发布的字体，也是 Vista默认的字体。在使用ClearType功能的液晶显示器中，微软雅黑比以前Windows XP默认的中易宋体更加的清晰易读。另外，Microsoft Office 2007简体中文版也附带这个字体。在涵盖的字库上，微软雅黑支持GBK字符集，包含了Unicode的所有 20902个中文字符以及中国国家标准化组织添加的大约 80个中文字符，还包含了Big5的繁体中文字符和GB2312中的简体中文字符。
Tags: 雅黑, font, microsoft, yahei
Windows Milestone 1 Release 2 (Part 1)
Can’t believe it? Yes, again, news about Windows 7.
It’s has been 2 months since my last post about Windows 7 Milestone 1. It was interesting and funny to watch how skeptics around the world reacted to my news. Many people denied and tried hard to prove what I posted was not true. Well, skeptics here is very reasonable but the evidences they used were merely those not-yet-updated ‘Vista’ in version windows or dialogues, and, many F words. That’s not reasonable, nether works. How desperately I hope those guys know more about software development and engineering.
You know there is something like the dark side of the force, especially when you have control on something and feel a little bit more powerful than the people you’re watching.
I’m afraid I’ll kick those guys again since today I bring you new bits of Windows 7.
This time it’s the 2nd release of Windows 7 Milestone 1. Version 6.1 (build 6574.1.{SECRET}). The {SECRET} here means I won’t expose detail.
No, even Milestone 1 isn’t a single release. Microsoft releases multiple versions of M1 with different minor version numbers. Well, for me it is the 2nd one I’ve gotten but I’ve no idea about how many releases Microsoft did before. I’ll use Win7 M1 R2, which stands for Windows 7 Milestone 1 Release 2, to describe it in the following. Please be noted, ‘Release 2’ is my naming convention, not Microsoft’s.
BTW, I do think my plain English here is OK for non-English speakers especially for readers from Europe and Asia. Anyway I’m not writing for WIRED or New York Times. I won’t provide translated local versions (What? Somebody asks what if the plain English is a fatal disaster for those native English speakers? … )
I use the same platform as for M1 R1: Intel G35 chipset motherboard, Core 2 Duo 2.66G dual core processor, 1 x 1G memory, integrated graphic card. Moderate, if not decent.
The installer is not greatly changed since M1 R1, only some words are updated from Vista to 7. Last time I use R1, the License Terms and SKU selection referred ‘Windows Vista’, now it’s changed to ‘Windows 7”.
The SKU selection shows these options:
Windows 7 Business, HomeBasic, HomePremium, Ultimate, HomeBasic N, Business N and Starter.
See some new SKUs are included however I don’t think these will definitively be the SKUs Windows 7 will provide. The installer program may inherit from some development tree so the SKU names are inherited also. Anyway, it’s not important to argue how many SKUs Win7 will bring to us. It’s much of business, not technology.
The SKU selection uses something like a grid control, the 1st column is SKU name, and 2nd, Date Modified. For all those SKUs, the date is March 2008.
An important change, also a nice improvement, is that you aren’t asked to input product key during the whole installation phase. For Vista installer, you can input a blank key and proceed but there is still a step and a text box for that purpose. Win7 M1 R2 installer simply skips this.
As in the M1 R1, Win7 installer automatically creates an additional 500.0 MB partition before system partition. A user doesn’t have control on this. No idea on what for. The partition doesn’t appear in My Computer but you can see it in disk management.
Other parts of the installation are same as in M1 R1.
The post-installation setup wizard, may be used for performance benchmarking to determine experience index, differs from that of Vista in that Win7 removes those fancy animation pictures during the process and the time it spends on this step is much less (less than 2 minutes on my platform).
Finally, after the setup here comes the product key… Yes, you can still input a blank key.
M1 R2 recognizes my G35 integrated graphic card and adapts display mode which makes my eyes comfortable at the first sight on Win7. Remember I had to find drivers for M1 R1.
The user name, machine name setup windows isn’t the default Vista style, I mean, neither Basic nor Aero. See below. The font is even Arial not Vista’s default.
Images below are clickable, click to view the large one.
Here comes the screenshots, more eye-candy elements are added into this release. I would say, Redmond’s engineers did do lots of polishing.
My Computer, watch the toolbar, 2 buttons at right. The first one is the View, the second one is used to toggle displaying preview panel. Besides that, look at the left panel, it’s redesigned, only Favorites, My Document, My Computer and Network there, more organized and simpler.
Window behavior is another area being enhanced. Double clicking on the top or bottom border of a window makes the window automatically adapts to the screen heights, but double clicking on left or right border makes nothing happen.
The arrangement of my computer changes greatly. A picture is worth… I’d better shut up now.
And, sorting options for different content.
Health Center, looks like Microsoft really starts caring your computer’s health. Besides, mind the mouse over effect.
click it, we get
Windows Health Center
let’s expand the Computer System
Windows Health Center Settings
Another great change is the Search in Start Menu. In Vista, after start typing search keywords the left half of Start Menu shows the search result. In Win7 M1 R2, the whole Start Menu area is used to show search result, including the right half which in Vista is used to display those traditional links such as My Documents, My Computer and Control Panel etc.
I personally like this change because it makes a user concentrate on results while not being disturbed by items.
There is no sidebar gadget control in system tray. Remember the vertical line of Vista’s sidebar when you move mouse on it? That’s not for Win7. Sidebar gadgets are much more similar as other objects on desktop like Recycle Bin. In Vista, you can’t click through the Sidebar area, for Win7 you can. The add gadget window looks like that in Vista.
The best enhancement comes from UAC, annoying UAC (User Account Control if you didn’t hear of it. Well… I think even a non-Vista user hear of the infamous UAC). Now we all know it was designed to annoy users but no more annoying in Win7 M1.
When you issue multiple actions which require approval from UAC. At the second request Win7 pops up a dialogue asking would you like to temporarily disable UAC thus you won’t be asked. Choose Yes and you win. This is much more user-friendly. Why didn’t you geniuses do this in Vista?
You know at this dialogue no hotkey works. I couldn’t get screenshot so I took a picture.
Video:
- smart display
- better search
- preview button
- double clicking top border to make the window auto-adept screen
- behavior of clicking separator between address box and search box
- I have other screencasts but I worry about the height can not fit in Yahoo Video’s/Metacafe’s/YouTube’s standard video size. You can’t see much details. Do you know which website can I use to upload big size video?
Tags: microsoft, software, windows, windows 7
全都 Mobile
Google Gears 开始支持 Windows Mobile 的 Pocket IE；Silverlight 得到 NOKIA 背书；AIR 是不是也该很快了？
Microsoft 的 John Case 说，NOKIA 已经打算在 S60, S40 和方兴未艾的 Internet Tablet 上支持 Silverlight，考虑到 Internet Tablet 就是 Linux，所以不算稀奇，Silverlight 本来就许诺支持 Linux 和 Mac OS X，Symbian 支持才是新消息。Microsoft 和 NOKIA 已经签署了相关协议，这该是 Silverlight 的第一个移动平台上的 design win —- 看上去比能进入自己的 Windows Mobile 还要早。Flash 的 mobile 版本虽然有了不过似乎一直没有太多应用和亮点。据称自 Silverlight 发布，已有 ～8000个 Silverlight 应用面世。在那个粉丝瞩目的 Windows Mobile 7 里，Silverlight 可能成为缺省配置，
Google Gears 也刚刚支持 Windows Mobile 5/6 设备了，预计 iPhone 的 Safari 和 Opera 的支持会随后跟上。Zoho 也配合 Gears 移动版发布了自己的移动版。
这是个奇怪的现象，移动浏览器目前绝无它们的桌面版本那样重要和普遍。OS，software stack 等在移动平台上扮演的角色远远比浏览器重要，也远远比这些浏览器上的扩展/框架更有影响力。我想，Silverlight 和 AIR 支持“独立”开发和部署应用，可以脱离浏览器，无缝在平台和浏览器间挪移，这才是是在 mobile 平台上非常有意思的特性，给人以无限遐想，Google Gears 就不然了，当然，Gears 勉强还可以成为构架在 AIR 上的应用。所以，虽然这三个概念常常被同时提起并来比较，不过定位和能力还是不同的。
如果 Silverlight 和 AIR 开发的 “Gadget”慢慢地平台无关，随处可用，那才是极富吸引力的，我想，这才是几家公司一定要先走一步，尝试定义未来的动机。类似的目标跛足的 J2ME 没有做到，两个后生看上去愿意开展一轮新的冲锋。
[tags]mobile, software, microsoft, adobe, google, silverlight, air, gears[/tags]
Tags: adobe, air, gears, google, microsoft, mobile, silverlight, software, Technology
两份伟大的春节年货？
NOKIA 买了 Trolltech，Microsoft 可能要 Logitech。
The acquisition of Trolltech will enable Nokia to accelerate its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and develop its Internet services business.
在 FAQ 里:
Why does Nokia acquire Trolltech?
- The key driver for Nokia in this acquisition is cross-platform development.
- Trolltech’s technology will enable Nokia and third parties to develop software across platforms easier and more cost effectively; this speeds up innovation and brings new experiences to Nokia’s device portfolio and onto PCs.
Qt 以及 Qtopia 确实不错，可以帮助一个有远大志向的 Nokia 甚至是 Nckia 想前迈进一大步……不过，这个…… Internet services 是哪档子事儿？雄心勃勃的 Nokia 最近表现活跃，具体怎么做，等着看。
在多年的坚持—-如果不是挣扎的话—- Trolltech 和 MySql 差不多，都卖了豪门，终究找到了一个安心不疲惫的归宿，莫非这也是解释为什么张敏周慧敏（如果没有毛阿敏的话）嫁给什么人的原因？总的来说，Nokia 还算靠谱的主儿，在主观意愿和客观能力上应该会给 Trolltech 更好的发展机会，这对所有 Trolltech 产品和技术的使用者来说，是个好消息，无论是公司，开发者，社区还是最终用户都有正面的预期和光明的前景。如果碰上 ICQ 卖给 AOL 那样的场景，咱还是洗洗睡了好了。
Microsoft 的盈利在一片唱衰声中继续高奏凯歌，这点我十分中意 feng兄 的 专业与假装专业 的说法，唱衰声中最活跃的那些是什么深浅好像也很明显。不缺金元的 Microsoft 被传言有意收购 Logitech，当然不是为了多卖几个鼠标，该是在 XBOX，Media Center，Surface 等等产品/技术打造消费电子产品时用得上。
最后给个建议，做 start up 而且想以最终卖掉为目标的哥们，记得把公司名字带个 XX Tech 哟，最近贼吃香。
[tags]nokia, trolltech, microsoft, trolltech, qt, qtopia[/tags]
Tags: microsoft, nokia, qt, qtopia, Technology, trolltech
Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
Windows 7 Serials Index:
1. Windows 7: The Real Thing: background and screenshots. –> This one
2. Windows 7: Follow Up: 2 new screenshots and a short piece of video.
3. Minor update: the Windows 7 Storm
4. 中文读者：你从哪里来，我的 honey？
5. Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
6. Windows 7: Calculator and Control Panel –> This one
Click every thumbnail to view large images
Control panel
All items in control panel, now you can see which ones are newly added in Win7 Milestone 1
right click on the desktop. Here we get several new ones: Hide/Add Gadgets and a new Display command
This is the sidebar, yes the last one is the new Media Center gadget, I’ll show more about this gadget and MC later.
click ‘Add Gadget’ from Explorer or Sidebar, we get a Gadgets folder, by default, we have gadgets listed below:
click on a gadget
yes, every non-release version Windows is shipped with a feedback tool.
Internet Explorer 7: minor version changes
Remember this system properties dialogue?
And this one? Backup and recovery related settings.
Seldom do I use Windows Mail but I think the version number can be viewed as an indication (for some guys).
Well, here comes the most stirring (or heart breaking) part. Features demo: sizeable search box and pin-able start menu items
[tags]windows, microsoft, software, screenshots[/tags]
Tags: microsoft, screenshots, software, Technology, windows
Minor Update: the Windows 7 Storm
Windows 7 Serials Index:
1. Windows 7: The Real Thing: background and screenshots. –> This one
2. Windows 7: Follow Up: 2 new screenshots and a short piece of video.
3. Minor update: the Windows 7 Storm
4. 中文读者：你从哪里来，我的 honey？
5. Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
6. Windows 7: Calculator and Control Panel –> This one
There won’t be any download link, BT seed or anything like that. I got it from an internal source, not from anywhere on the Internet. I don’t know where to download Windows 7 from the Internet. If you know, tell me.
Huge traffic since my 2 posts in the last 2 days. I just started to worry about I’ll be hunted by a big name company. But if they do that, they are confirming something… Shall I call my lawyer?
Well, one of the most interesting things in the whole story is that I find so much funny idiots who bring so much fun to me by their comments and the way in which they understand and judge things. For example, many guys said that “UI doesn’t change much, it’s fake!”, well, they think Operating Systems are game consoles, graphic things are the most important. Some others: ”the version number is 6.x, it’s not 7!”, “the Logo is same as Vista, it’s not 7!”, “the Media Center version is 6.x and shows Vista, it’s not 7!” Oh great, buffoons always speak out loudly and proudly what they ‘find out’ without knowing the context of what they see. Not being a computer professional is not, absolutely not, wrong or improper. But being a non-computer professional, you pretend to be a pro and make stupid judgment on some pro things is absolutely sad. Come on, learn something about Windows history, the development or some other common sense. You have been insulting yourself and giving me chances to see buffoonery you show. Wow really funny. :-)
I’m looking for a good DV, not a camera shipped with a cell phone. For clear video, keep tuning. Oh, by the way, let’s see what those stupid will say, I’m waiting.
[tags]windows, microsoft, software[/tags]
Tags: microsoft, software, Technology, windows
Windows 7: follow up
Windows 7 Serials Index:
1. Windows 7: The Real Thing: background and screenshots. –> This one
2. Windows 7: Follow Up: 2 new screenshots and a short piece of video.
3. Minor update: the Windows 7 Storm
4. 中文读者：你从哪里来，我的 honey？
5. Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
6. Windows 7: Calculator and Control Panel –> This one
本只是想描述一下事实，不想引来些注意，关于上一篇 现实版 Windows 7，说明一点：都是真的。我确实姓周，可惜不叫正龙。从光盘到安装使用过程，到截图，无伪造，无 Photoshop。
我不觉得 Win7 M1 看上去没有大得变化有什么好奇怪的，特别是这个“没有大的变化”只是说 UI 而已。只有黑猩猩才总是觉得香蕉很黄很暴力就很好吃一样，傻X 总是认为界面变化很大才说明整个系统变化很大。
今天又看了一下 license。这个 M1 版本在 2008 年 5 月 7 日到期。
新截图和视频在本页最下面。
I was about to share something interesting about Windows 7 in my last post, Windows 7: The Real Thing. The ISO image, installation, evaluation and the screenshots are all real. I mean there is no Photoshop or anything like that involved.
I’m not a person who makes himself complacent by faking something hot, neither will I be unhappy if someone denies the real information I posted. I don’t mean to draw much attention, especially from those suckers. When I post images, there is Photoshop, when a piece of video, there is something called Premiere, or DreamWorks?
I don’t think there is anything wrong, disappointing or weird that Windows 7 Milestone 1 isn’t greatly different from Vista. It’s only Milestone 1 so lots of code may be reused. Besides, even we can’t see much visual changes (say, user interfaces), that doesn’t mean Win7 internals don’t change greatly.
Here from the release notes, I read
The software will stop running on May 7, 2008. You may not receive any other notice. You may not be able to access data used with the software when it stops running.
性能监视器，layout 变化了些。Performance monitor， layout changes compared with that of Vista。
可靠性监视器。Reliability monitor。
比较完整的 boot 过程，界面和查看信息，本来想录一下 Media Center，不过最后发现手机不够好，不清楚，讲究一下吧。
Boot process, view related information. The Media Center part isn’t clear enought b’coz my Treo 750’s camera…
[tags]windows, microsoft, software[/tags]
Tags: microsoft, software, Technology, windows
现实版 Windows 7
Windows 7 Serials Index:
1. Windows 7: The Real Thing: background and screenshots. –> This one
2. Windows 7: Follow Up: 2 new screenshots and a short piece of video.
3. Minor update: the Windows 7 Storm
4. 中文读者：你从哪里来，我的 honey？
5. Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
6. Windows 7: Calculator and Control Panel
最近出了几个 Windows 7 的消息，梦话我不擅长，打击梦话还是可以的。
事实是，Windows 7 的第一个 Milestone 确实出来了，真正样子离那些臆想自然很远。
M1 里比较新的东西有：支持多个不同的显示适配器，也就是可以在同一台机器上同时使用不同显卡接多个显示器；更新更强的 Media Center。另外按 Win7 的计划，只有 XDDM 驱动才能被使用，为 XP 认证的都不行了。
Win7 规划的发布步骤是出三个 Milestone，然后是 Beta，RC，RTM。M1 是 2008 年 1 月，M2 是 4/5 月，M3 是 3 季度，Beta 和 RC 待定，RTM 大概是 2009 的 下半年。算下来，也就是 Vista 发布后的 3 年，3 年一升级也不算差，比 Vista “5年才搞定”的名声要好得多。
拿到 M1 ISO 为 6519.1.071220-1525，IA32 和 X64 都有，带或者不带 debug 信息随选，Free 是不带的，Checked 是带的。
安装机器是 Bealake/G33 主板，板载显卡，另外一块 ATI X300SE 128M，Core 2 Duo 2.66G，1G 内存，这个配置不算高，正好看看跑得顺畅不。板载显卡用 Vista 的驱动可以安装，chipset inf 因为要检查版本就没装了，ATI 卡始终没有可用的驱动，放弃。
安装界面与过程和 Vista 很相似，甚至在选择不同版本的时候字样还是 Vista Ultimate，Vista Home Premium 等，不过 Pre-Release 协议文本里已经写成 “Windows 7” 了。分区界面自动划出一个 500M 的分区，貌似是支持 EFI 的缘故，这个不确定。中间会重启一次，这次之后再重启就进入 Win7 了。
启动后的第一次设置和 Vista 相同，包括帐户名，机器名，时区，桌面背景等。在启动界面的下方，写着大大的 “Windows 7 Ultimate”
以下缩略图点击均可查看大图
桌面，右下角的字样和 feedback tool 是标配
因为是 M1 的缘故，和 Vista 外观并无非常大的区别，版本还在 6.x 徘徊。
自带了一些新程序—-不过不意味着最终的 Win7 也会带这些—- XPS Viewer EP，查看 Office 2007 文档的工具，其实在 XPS Essentials Pack 也有了。
PowerShell 已经放进来了。
右下角的托盘里不再显示 Sidebar 控制了，其实我是想关掉 Sidebar 的—-在用到 42 寸显示器之前都会让它关着。管理 systray 上的图标，有了这个新界面。
控制面板里多了一些东西，比如 Recovery Center，调字体大小的 Display，Windows Sensors，
[tags]windows, microsoft, software[/tags]
Tags: microsoft, software, Technology, windows
BCGSoft 进驻 MFC
我可能是土了点儿，这其实是去年十一月的消息了，今天刚好在 Visual Studio 的 Start Page 里看到。
在 Microsoft 有更多的 framework 和编程语言，同时 Visual Studio 集成进更多功能的时候，Visual C++ 产品开始把精力和焦点放到他们擅长的 native code 开发上，这其中涉及到要提供更好的 native 库给程序员使用。
从 VS 2008 开始，Microsoft 将提供一个大大增强的 MFC，帮助开发者更方便地编写出具有 Office，IE 和 Visual Studio 外观风格的应用（Office 2007 的 Ribbon 迷死用户无数）。在评估和考虑了良久后，他们选择了 BCGSoft 作为合作伙伴，Microsoft 会以 BCGControlBar Library Professional Edition 为基础开始自己 MFC UI 部分库的更新。BCGSoft Pro 的很多部分，比方 visual manager，docking 面板，可自定义的工具栏和菜单，当然还有那个 Ribbon，都将 merge 进新的 MFC。
Microsoft 觉得 BCG 的功能，性能，质量俱佳，重要的是 BCG 架构优良，让 Microsoft 的神童们在将其集成进 MFC 时倍感方便—-当然，俄国人亲切地飞到 Redmond 做现场支持也是不可忽略的原因。预计将来发布的 MFC 会以神仙飘过不留声息，做人要低调，润物要细无声的方式出现，让老版 MFC 使用者能觉得新功能提供和使用起来非常自然，现有的 MFC 程序可以很方便地，无需太多改动就升级到新 MFC 框架上，获得迷人的新外观。
按我感觉（没有数据支持），现存 MFC 程序数量极其广泛，即便在现在新的编程方式和对象日渐丰富的情况下，MFC 更新也是有很有价值的。再说，风水轮流转，虽然现在 VC/MFC 开发的顶峰时期已过，可坚持下去，万一就等到了 native code 的又一春呢？
BCGSoft 是家很出名的 Windows Component 提供商，他们的 UI component 广泛应用在很多人的 MFC 或者 .NET 程序里。当年做这些 component 提供商的对比的时候，最喜欢的一个比较项目是 copy 它 5 万行代码到 textcontrol 里，上上下下翻下页，看谁表现优异，那是觉得 BCG 好像一般般啊。
BCG 这下子肯定高兴坏了，一是来自 Microsoft 的授权回报，再就是沟通和支持上的优待，另外，“名声”，这个及其不易获得的东西，现在因为 Microsoft 的选择而被点得光芒万丈。至于后面的计划嘛，BCG 本来有好几个产品线，即便 Pro 嫁了豪门也会继续开发，会提供和集成进 MFC 的那个版本不同的功能。
这个 MFC 更新预计 2008 第一季度发布—-只有 VS 2008 能用哟。
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