If you compare previous installations of the Microsoft Windows operating system like Windows XP or Windows Vista with the soon to be released Windows 7 you notice that several software programs and applications have been removed from the latter. APC Mag is running a rather short but informative post about some of the programs that have been removed in Windows 7. The most prominent ones are applications like Microsoft Outlook Express (or Windows Mail, or Mail), Microsoft Movie Maker and Microsoft Photo Gallery.
Microsoft made an announcement regarding the removal of those default applications. They are replaced by Windows Live which is giving the user the choice to install applications with a similar or even wider functionality. The main emphasize lays on choice. Outlook Express and the other applications where default applications in previous operating systems which could not be removed easily even if they were not used at all by the user.
With Windows Live the choice is solely on the user to install those applications. It is possible to use third party applications like Gmail or Thunderbird solely without having a copy of Outlook Express on the computer system. That’s a big advantage for experienced users. It remains to be seen on the other hand how inexperienced or novice user come along with this choice. Microsoft better make sure that it is easy and straightforward to install those Windows Live applications during or after the Windows 7 installation.
There are other applications that got canned or changed. There is no word about Windows Dreamscene anymore which was part of Windows VistaUltimate and allowed users to display videos as desktop backgrounds. The Windows Vista Sidebar got redesigned and practically removed. Windows 7 is still working with the gadgets but those can be placed anywhere on screen making the sidebar obsolete.
Do you know of any other applications or features that will not make it into the final version of Windows 7? Let us hear about them in the comments.
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