This week I spent some time installing my essential under Windows Vista (RTM build). The results were not great. Out of about 35 applications that I depend on, 8 of them either would not install or run properly, with little prospect for them working any time soon (if ever in some cases):
: Doesn’t run properly and no plans to update it for Vista (also doesn’t work with Office 2007 file dialogs). The new Vista file dialogs are even less keyboard friendly than before, so a good file dialog extender is a must.
: Installs but doesn’t add a Folder Size column to Explorer (why oh why couldn’t MS make the built-in Size column show folder sizes?). The contact address for the author bounces.
: Doesn’t function in Internet Explorer on Vista. I reported the problem to the author but haven’t heard back when a fix might be provided.
: Installs but hangs during PDF generation.
: Installs but won’t insert text into programs.
: Refuses to install, saying it depends on required features in XP/2003.
: Won’t be until sometime after SP1, and VS.NET 2003 isn’t supported at all.
: Apparently Vista as a until v6, and no official announcements have been made on when that will be released.
It looks like it could be quite some time until Vista replaces XP for me.
