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Waethorn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:55:51 GMT

"by nature humans are a visual animal/being, so when one sees a yellow status icon, it can be inpertreded as something bad"

It's cautionary, not critical. I don't know anybody (besides you) that would confuse the two.

It's the same as street lights. You don't have to stop on a yellow if you can't.

"I think it would be better if it stayed "green" but imformed the user that tune-up hadn't run in a while."

Because if it was green, everything was working and running as scheduled. It wasn't, so it isn't.

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techfan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:33:47 GMT

@Waethorn: Well, you know, by nature humans are a visual animal/being, so when one sees a yellow status icon, it can be inpertreded as something bad, especially since "green" is the ideal status.

I think it would be better if it stayed "green" but imformed the user that tune-up hadn't run in a while.

The good thing is that I have never been in "red" state. Well, not by my own browsing practices. There was that infamous false-positive of Gmail.

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Waethorn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:16:22 GMT

"I have no interest in WM"

Looked at the Zune HD lately?

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Waethorn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:15:31 GMT

"Internet Explorer 6 Mobile"

Actually, it's not "IE6 Mobile" because that's in WM6.5. It's just "IE Mobile".

IE Mobile works fine for sites designed for mobile use too. Mobile sites are growing more and more, what with people dissatisfied with the capabilities of small-screen phones. Even with Safari, there are a quickly growing number of "iPhone-optimized" websites being made available. That begs the question: if Apple was marketing that the internet on the iPhone is supposed to be stellar as it is, why "optimize" pages for it?

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Dipsh t Admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:49:57 GMT

cesjr, did you actually read the review?

"Microsoft's built-in software reads like a who's-who's list of obsolete relics from another era. Internet Explorer 6 Mobile. Outlook Mobile. An Explorer dating back to the first version of Windows CE, from 13 years ago. It's in bad need of a makeover. A do-over. Something."

That doesn't read very positive to me.

And you do realize that Paul doesn't only cover consumer oriented devices and software, but does cover IT related ventures that you eschew as meaningless, when they are indeed to the target audience that Paul speaks to?

Sounds like you just want to complain about Paul.

FWIW, I have no interest in WM, and the selection of phones, except for these new Centros and some HTC devices, are poor. However, I am very interested in the Pre and other WebOS devices that will come to Sprint and other carriers.

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Waethorn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:20:52 GMT

"The first time I saw that yellow warning, I thought some bad had gotten in."

Nope. That's why it's yellow. Status is Fair, meaning you're secure, just that a maintenance task couldn't run for whatever reason.

If you have an infection, you'll get a popup right away as soon as the active scanner detects it. If it's some other security problem, such as a disabled firewall or whatever, OneCare will just go into Critical (red) status and tell you that you need to open the program to get more information.

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techfan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:29:40 GMT

@whiplash55: I'm going to first try 7's backup and if it's good enough for what I need, I stick with it. I just need simple folder, and occasional single/multiple file backups.

@Waethorn: I see your point but I do find the "You're computer might be at risk" (IIRC, I think that's the warning) might be a bit too dramatic, especially for those that know the machine isn't at risk because the tune-up hasn't run.

I think it should know that the computer is up to date (mine always is), no viruses are in the machine. It's just the tune-up hasn't run.

The first time I saw that yellow warning, I thought some bad had gotten in.

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cesjr — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:05:43 GMT

In other news,

Palm (run by ex-apple guy) introduces completely new, built from the ground up in 2 years, smartphone that without question is the first real iPhone competitor.

And what does Paul have to say? First, multiple days of silence.

Then, he issues a review of a windows mobile Palm!!!! That has got to be the most hilarious thing Paul has done in recent memory. I mean, who the f** cares about Palm's windows mobile products. NOBODY. Just look at all the press on the Pre. Paul, sorry to break the news to you, but neither Palm nor the public cares one whit about windows mobile at this stage, for good reason.

Windows mobile is part of the reason Palm drove itself into the ground, before being taken over by an ex-apple guy. Apparently apple guys are the only ones who can produce a smart phone anybody in the general public wants (and general public doesn't include IT guys and Android geeks, sorry).

Obviously, it's painful for Paul to have to see what's happened with the Pre. He's naturally desperate for MS to come out with something, anything that remotely approaches the Iphone. But who does it first - ex-apple guys at Palm (ditching windows mobile). I can understand the pain, Paul. Really I can.

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