DubLx: Windows 7 highlights for a Windows XP user and testing the Live Writer.

I had read before that Windows Live Writer was a nice blogging tool and today I decided to give it a try. Below is a screen grab of my new Windows 7 screen with the app open.

The new Windows 7 is, in my opinion, a much better OS than Vista. I know it was built on Vista.. but it’s that much better! It feels quicker and comes with some nice tricks. If you skipped Vista, like I did, then here are some of the nice things that you’ll come upon:

Transparency effects everywhere!
Quick and effective Start Menu search engine
Nice keyboards shortcuts to manage windows (at least this works on the MacBook Pro keyboard):

Win + Left Arrow : makes the active window jump to the left and take 50% of the screen
Win + Right Arrow : same as above, but to the right of the screen
Win + Up Arrow : Maximize active window
Win + Down Arrow : Restore Active window if maximized, or minimize it (if it is not maximized)

Drag a window to the top of the screen, release mouse button and it will maximize. Same behaviours as with the shortcut’s above.
Better looking taskbar with neat tricks (try and right click on its items): Pin items to taskbar, multiple windows thumbnail preview. Try using IE8 or Google Chrome and you’ll see a custom menu for it. Not having the same behaviour for Firefox 3.5 at the moment..
Right click on the desktop has new option’s:

Next background. If you are easily bored with your background then this option is welcome. Also, the background changes from time to time.. I haven't made any measurements, but I’ll say maybe every 10mn
Screen resolution. Go directly to this system preference window