Vista's Firewall,

teckk · 02-09-2007, 08:20 PM

Vista's idea of a firewall.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=331&tag=nl.e540

MS3FGX · 02-09-2007, 09:53 PM

Incredible, it is really incredible.

Microsoft's excuse really makes no sense, especially when you consider that Windows Server 2003 blocks access to all websites (that aren't Microsoft sites, anyway) by default, and you must manually allow access to everything else.

But the average computer user has what, 5, maybe 10 applications that need net access? In 15 minutes of using the machine they would have already allowed all of the legitimate software.

masonm · 02-09-2007, 10:31 PM

Hey, marketing over security seems logical to me.

the_darkside_986 · 02-09-2007, 11:36 PM

Sounds like setting up a stable, secure Windows installation is incredibly more complicated than a newbish Linux distro like Ubuntu or Suse...

chort · 02-10-2007, 07:30 AM

See, everyone knows what a bad user experience is and what unintuitive design is. Anyone can look at the firewall design in Vista and tell you it's terrible. Why is it so difficult to explain to people that the appeal of Macs & OS X is good user experience and intuitive design? There isn't just the "absence of bad" in design. There's actually such a thing as good, which is better than "not bad".