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Windows Feedback Panel

Published at 03/30/2007 in Computers. View Comments

Do you like Windows and other Microsoft products? Do you complain about things not working the way you’d like? Do you actually do something about it like sharing your opinion?

Microsoft has setup the Windows Feedback Panel to allow everyday users like you and I an opportunity to provide feedback on what we’d like improved. The neat thing is that you really don’t have to do much other than just use your computer as you normally would on a daily basis.

Microsoft has created the Windows Feedback Panel Program to allow our customers to get more actively involved in helping to create the world’s best software. By participating in the program, you can help us focus our work on the features that you use most often, tell us where to simplify our software when it is too difficult and introduce new capabilities that increase your productivity. Basically, being a part of the Windows Feedback Panel helps us help you.

If you agree to participate, a small application is downloaded to your computer and this monitors your use of the system and what snags and problems you may run into regularly.

If you agree to join the program, a small amount of data will be collected using the Windows Feedback Panel software. That data will be sent to Microsoft so we can understand how your PC is working and how you are using Windows. This data is collected silently every time you use Windows. We use this data to help make future versions of that software better and more useful for you and others.

Get more information and sign-up for the Windows Feedback Panel.

FaxZero – Ditch the Machine

Published at 03/30/2007 in Interesting Stuff. View Comments

I’ve had an eFax number for quite awhile now, and jFax is basically the same company and service just a different brand, now we can add faxZero to the list of facsimile resources.

With zeroFax you can send faxes for free, but they will include an ad on the cover page. There’s a limit of sending 1 document with a maximum of 3 pages. You can send up to two faxes a day for free.

If you’d like to pay for the premium option at $1.99 per fax, payable via PayPal, you get no ad on the cover page, a single fax can have up to 15 pages and you can have unlimited daily faxes. Much more features but $1.99 per fax seems a bit steep still.

This is an area where I thing a big player like Google, Microsoft or Yahoo could come in and let people add a local fax number to their e-mail accounts and include ads in the interface of their e-mail when a fax is received.

Is Office 2007 Too Slow For You?

Published at 03/29/2007 in Computers. View Comments

Reading through another old article at Forever Geek about Office 2007′s problems being sluggish, it makes me wonder if everyone is experiencing this type of bottleneck on speed when using the latest version of the Microsoft product.

Anytime there’s a question I’m curious about, one of the great things about this blog is that I can post a question to the readers and get an answer that my wondering ears have been yearning for. So, here it is, the latest poll.

Have you experienced a major speed issue since upgrading to Office 2007?

Should we keep Moxie?