This morning I saw Windows Vista's performance-adjusting feature in action, when the operating system switched the user interface from "Aero" glass to "Basic."
Unlike its predecessors, Windows Vista adjusts--and even turns off--some features based on the PC hardware or software. For example, Windows Vista will turn off the "Aero" user interface for computers with insufficient graphics accelerators. Today, I experienced this capability for the first time with a software application.
Late yesterday, I downloaded Trillian as part of my testing applications for Windows Vista compatibility. Upon starting the application this morning, Windows Vista issued warning: "The color scheme has been changed." The pop-up message explained that Trillian had "performed an action that requires Windows to temporarily change the color scheme to Windows Vista Basic." The Aero scheme returned immediately after exiting Trillian.
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