Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard?

nandemoari writes "Windows 7 beta testers are disputing whether or not Microsoft is taking notice of their feedback. The dispute follows a blog post by Steven Sinofsky, the man in charge of engineering Windows 7. He notes that in one week in January Microsoft received data through Windows 7's automatic feedback system every 15 seconds. According to Sinofsky, it's impossible to keep everyone happy. That's partly because there are only so many changes Microsoft can make to the system and still finish it, and partly because in many cases testers often have opposing views about a feature."

Opposing views...

[DanWS6]

Users: No drm!
RIAA/MPAA: drm!

Re:no shit?

[Anonymous Coward]

I often get conflicting opinions coming back. It's then my job to decide which opinions to accept in the final work. It is not my job to make everyone happy.

      This is just standard practice for any chain of command. When I solicit situation reports, I often get conflicting briefings coming back. It's then my job to decide which briefings to accept when I decide how to defend Berlin. It's not my job to make everyone happy. That does not mean that I don't listen to those briefings that sound more optimistic. -- Adolf Hitler, 1945.

Re:hmmm...

[Anonymous Coward]

I think that's just your way of saying "I'm a PC, and I run Linux! So, no, you can't do anything fun with me."

Re:hmmm...

[curmudgeous]

They should change their slogan to:

"Microsoft, an equal opportunity annoyer"

Huh?

[braque]

They test Windows?

*head explodes*

Re:hmmm...

[Idaho]

The end result will be a product that people actually want to use rather than Vista with a little less suck.

What, they removed the layers upon layers of DRM-related cruft then?

Re:hmmm...

[nickspoon]

Irrelevant Linux bashing on Slashdot? What's going on?

Re:Major usability issues

[drsmithy]

How about the litany of major usability issues that Windows has had for years that MS wants to constantly ignore? Especially given that Gates has sent memos out criticizing the Windows team, and they still don't address these issues.

Usability took a big step backwards with Vista, and most of those issues haven't been addressed in 7.

For example ?

Re:Vista is good. But there's a bigger problem.

[Atti K.]

and the hoops you have to jump through to convince windows that you're a legitimate user.

Especially if you're not.

Re:hmmm...

[ThePercMan]

I think that's his way of saying "We're not happy 'til you're not happy"