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So, we are right around the corner from Microsoft finally unleashing their next operating system, Windows Vista, upon the public. I cannot help but think that this will be another mediocre product from the folks in Redmond. This will not be for lack of effort or for trying to be all things to all people. Far from it. However, I do believe that this is also the main reason why Vista will not be good in the long run.

You see, with Vista, Microsoft fails to even remotely consider one of the basic principals of product development: K.I.S.S. How do I know this? Well, for starters, (Continued)

I stumbled across this the other day and thought I would share with those who care.

Though I do not have to access it often, there are some times where it is helpful to change a particular setting within an application to suit whatever the immediate need is. And, while it is really easy to do this by simply clicking on the application name from the menu bar and then clicking on “Preferences..”, if there is a keyboard shortcut for the same action, then I am all over it because they usually save lots of time.

Enter: Command-comma.

Use it whenever you want to open up the preferences for the application currently in “focus.”

Granted, this is not earth shattering, but it definitely is a time saver. And, it totally beats the pants off of anything Windows has to offer. (Please, if anyone knows of a keyboard shortcut in Windows that does the same thing as Tools -> Options, please pass it along.)

Last January, my wife and I took the plunge and purchased one of the (at the time) new iMacs from Apple with the Intel Core Duo processor. This decision did not happen overnight. In fact, it had been something I was contemplating for well over a year before I actually made the purchase. Being a (for the most part) lifetime PC user, I needed to make sure that the transition was going to be as smooth as possible.

Let me just tell you, it could not have been any easier. (Continued)