Capossela also showed off how RSS (Real Simple Syndication) has been integrated throughout not only the various Office applications, but also in Windows Vista and in Microsoft Dynamics CRM so users can see and read information from the RSS feeds they have subscribed to without having to use a different application.
Dynamics CRM is the next version of Microsoft's CRM (customer relationship management) software, a release that is due out later this year. The company rebranded the product and the rest of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) portfolio Dynamics last week at the Microsoft Business Summit.
Other features also will show up across various Microsoft applications to tie them together, Capossela said. The same search box that appears across the top of Internet Explorer 7, the next version of its Web browser in Windows Vista, appears in each component of Office to enable quick and easy full-text search of documents, he demonstrated.
Additionally, Windows Vista will have a series of UI enhancements that can deliver real-time data to users. A new feature called Windows Sidebar places a series of "gadgets" that provide RSS feeds, picture slideshows and other types of information on the right side of the UI. A similar feature, called Widgets, already appears in the OS X 10.4 version of Apple Computer Inc.'s client OS, commonly known as Tiger.
Developers can build their own gadgets to add to Windows Sidebar, as well, Capossela said. More information about this feature can be found at www.Microsoftgadgets.com.
Other enhancements to the Vista interface demonstrated include 3D displays of the various application windows open on the desktop, and full thumbnails of document files, including a snapshot of the information disclosed in them, that can be viewed through file view windows.
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