NetRyder
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- 19 Apr 2002
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So I got this installed last night. Setup is much faster now...took under 30 mins on my desktop this time. Post-install performance also seems to have greatly improved since Beta 2, and I didn't even defrag the disk this time. Clearly, a lot of perf work went into this build.
Besides that, a number of fit-and-finish and cosmetic updates all over the place. Noticed several new icons, and the new glowing ring replacement for the hourglass cursor, which is nice.
The DWM/NVIDIA bug that was highly annoying in Beta 2 is also gone - no more stuttering window animations. Even Flip3D feels smoother and more polished now. The transition to Secure Desktop when a UAC prompt comes up is still jarring. A smooth, fading shift, similar to what happens during initial login would be nice.
The small changes to Task Manager are great - having a tab for running Services is nice, and the Description fields in the Processes and Services tabs are useful.
Overall, I'd say this is the best build we've got to date. Good stuff.
Besides that, a number of fit-and-finish and cosmetic updates all over the place. Noticed several new icons, and the new glowing ring replacement for the hourglass cursor, which is nice.
The DWM/NVIDIA bug that was highly annoying in Beta 2 is also gone - no more stuttering window animations. Even Flip3D feels smoother and more polished now. The transition to Secure Desktop when a UAC prompt comes up is still jarring. A smooth, fading shift, similar to what happens during initial login would be nice.
The small changes to Task Manager are great - having a tab for running Services is nice, and the Description fields in the Processes and Services tabs are useful.
Overall, I'd say this is the best build we've got to date. Good stuff.