In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we looked into Federated Search. In part two, we looked into the improvements in UAC. In part three, we look into the new Display Color Calibration tool included in Windows 7.Windows 7 includes the option to calibrate your display. Calibrating your display ensures that the colors are displayed correctly on your monitor. You can control factors such as gamma, adjust brightness and contrast and color balance. The wizard is very simple to use and each step has detailed instructions and steps to achieve correct color representation.
You can access the Display Color Calibration(DCC) tool from the Control Panel:
Below are some of the wizard screenshots:
Notice in the above screenshot that you can compare your current calibration settings with your previous calibration settings.
The Display Color Calibration tool is a treat to photo/video editing users as they can easily adjust the screen's color appearance. But still it is sometimes necessary to tweak your display settings using your graphic card vendor's control panel. In future, graphic card vendors can make use of the DCC tool to calibrate the display.
I really like Win7 so far. It's what vista should've been.
Yep, Microsoft took that to Control Panel in Win 7
Or is this something entirely new?
Not exactly. I thought this was one of those standard features like the calculator that was always there as a matter of course.
I have looked at that list. It's hilarious. The only sad part is realization that many people drool while looking at that silly list of "300 new features" with their empty eyes.
Empty the Trash from the Trash itself with the Empty Trash button.
Use new built-in fonts such as Arial Unicode, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Papyrus Condensed, and Wingdings.
Add style and layout to your email messages with richer formatting in Mail, such as bulleted and numbered lists, indentations, and background colors.
Turn any photo you find on the web into your desktop picture with one click.
Have Safari warn you before closing a window with multiple tabs, just in case you meant to close a single tab.
Feel safe with your applications. A digital signature on an application verifies its identity and ensures its integrity. All applications shipped with Leopard are signed by Apple, and third-party software developers can also sign their applications.
View your files as icons in the Open and Save panels, just as you would in the Finder.
Customize the look and feel of Terminal with new window settings. You can set the background color and text color.
Mac OS X Leopard is fully localized in the Russian language.
Mac OS X Leopard is fully localized in Polish.
Mac OS X Leopard is fully localized in Iberian (Portugal) Portuguese.
I wonder why didn't they count Wingdings as a separate feature.
Last edited by RealFduch on 07 Jan 2009 - 23:10
We weren't even discussing that. But since you brought it up:
You forgot to add that menial "monitor calibration" tool to that "silly list", which has been on that list for YEARS now.
And don't forget "UAC that isn't broken", which has also been on that list for YEARS, and which even the object of everyone's ignorant derision - Linux, has also had for YEARS. Maybe MS finally got that right. Which still begs the question why it wasn't in XP from the very beginning. Then again, MS had the great foresight to ship that bunch of spaghetti code with 5 open ports. So why be surprised.
Don't forget to add that OS X is NOT littered with files all over the place that can run some sort of internal scripting engine.
How about mentioning the Mach-based micro-kernel with the BSD personality layer that emphasizes the minimal use of the kernel for providing system services, so that everything is a separate process which helps partition other processes.
Last edited by Colin-uk on 12 Jan 2009 - 01:45
Are you suggesting that monitor calibration tool is a silly thing? I don't think so. (removed "Photo Browser" from the list...)
Windows had accounts rights management since the first NT. It's the same in any modern OS. There are limited accounts and "administrator" accounts. When I try to write to / under Windows XP limited account I get "Access denied" error. In Linux I get the same error. If you are logged on as a user with admin priviledges the operation completes successfully. There is a "Run As" command which allows you to run application with another user's permission. What's the difference? What's broken?
No, they didn't. Vista bashers and MS-haters have done their job. The feature is broken now (some of the modes) since "no dim" mode is insecure.
Do you use an OS where "open port" = "security hole"? I pity you.
BTW, how many ports does Mac OS X have typically open?
I don't understand you. Are you talking about Apple Script or Automator?
How about mentioning .
I prefer not to drool looking at tools.
Not before you tell me everything about open source http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/03/i...d#comment705942
and the blame goes round and round, politics and excuses.
Microsoft certifies the drivers in Windows, just as Apple certifies the drivers in OS X, therefore Microsoft knows just as much about the video cards used in Windows as Apple knows about those used in OS X.
It isn't a blame game. It is stating a fact. Apple officially supports a limited selection of video cards. With Windows you have the primary manufacturers and then many many generic manufacturers with their own custom drivers, software and hardware changes.
Microsoft certifies SOME of the drivers for Windows. Last I checked you can install non-certified drivers. Personally I'd prefer to leave color correction up to the hardware (monitor) and the individual manufacturer's software to ensure everything is done accurately.
It is also worth noting that the integrated color correction in OSX isn't perfect. I'd recommend SuperCal on OSX or ideally an external hardware measuring device if you want accurate calibration.
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