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The Windows 3.1 Add Fonts Dialog is still in Vista Build 5472!
Posted By Tekmaven on July 18, 2006 at 4:58 AM

Well, so far so good with Windows Vista Build 5472. It's still working extremely fast for me, and the new theme is really nice on my eyes. Everything seems very stable, and this is (dare I say it) faster then XP fast...

But, some things never change. One of those things is the "Add Fonts" dialog, straight from Windows 3.1. This dialog has been in Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. I think it's time for an update, but aparently this is not on any list at Microsoft :).

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Posted By pdileepa on July 18, 2006 at 7:07 AM

How crappy is that!! Nice find.

This is what the Windows team is lacking... attention to detail. They can learn a lot from the Office team.

Posted By Ap0kalipSe on July 18, 2006 at 10:10 AM

For the love of God will they please please fix that leftover. It's bugged me since god knows when, and I know it's neither here nor there but to still have such a thing in vista.... surely they know abou it, they must just be leavin it in now as some sort of joke Confused [*-)]

I think I'll go report it as a bug on connect, but no doubt many people already have...

Maybe they're gonna tout it as a feature when Vista ships. "Now including an enhanced and updated font installation browsing interface!"

Vista Font Centre?
Posted By even on July 18, 2006 at 10:40 AM

Maybe there should be a Vista Font Centre?

Seriously, is it broken? Does it work? How often do you install new fonts?

Font Install
Posted By Wizard on July 18, 2006 at 11:04 AM

Does anyone actually use it to install fonts. You just need to drag and drop them into the folder??

Posted By andrewFT65 on July 18, 2006 at 12:55 PM

So what's the big deal?

Is this Beta code or what?

Microsoft have been struggling with this O/S for at least 3 years. I suppose this stupid little utility could do with far more eye candy, as people might boycott manually installing fonts.

For sobbing out loud! Far more important:

Is it fast?

"Sell Sell Sell!"

Posted By GoodThings2Life on July 18, 2006 at 3:21 PM

I can't remember the last time I even looked at the dialog, but I'm certain it was way back in Windows 3.1. As Wizard said, I also just drag and drop, or I let the program's installer do it for me.

I agree with the attention to detail statement that was made, though... the Windows Team sure needs to spend more effort on such matters, but I definitely think this one ranks up there as dead last.

Posted By ramik on July 18, 2006 at 4:53 PM

Yep, I use once every year to add few fonts, and I've always noticed the old style...

@pdileepa:

The office team also has a discommunication in at least one thing: to change the path of the default folder to something other than My Documents, which in Word has a Browser button to let you select the folder, while in Excel you have to write the path or use copy/paste to write it down in the General tab of Options...

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