Windows Vista isn’t even quite out the door, but Microsoft is already soliciting testers to tell them what should be in the next versions of Windows. However, in order to qualify to give feedback, you had to have been a registered technical beta tester, have filled out an opt-in survey near the end of the beta, and needed to have signed up by December 12. I did this, and I was a little bit curious about the results, 18 days later. 900 feedbacks are given today. Some things I have to mention, Vista is build by input from the same people, Microsoft has listened to them, and did some good work to include the value-added functionality wishes. In my opinion, the feedback for the next version is focussed on technical aspects, sometimes on functionality, but not in a revolutionair way. Others give feedback from an IT Management perspective, it’s good to mention, but not what is necessary for a new OS. But… there are also good feedbacks, somebody asks for Video on Demand in Windows Vista Next, team up with content providers. Another one, search per tab in Internet Explorer, search through tabs. In the next posts more details, but I’ve another one, let the user choose between a thin client, or a fat client. What I mean is that the integration between Windows Live and the desktop should be a tighter one. If you are a gamer, or a graphical wonder, then you can use a fat client. Maybe better, with all these Webservices, connect with a webservice to publish something, for example Wallop, all those startups who uses Microsoft Technology must develop webservices which can be called from the next version of Windows Vista. Give them a sort of yellow pages the web 2.0 way. Seemless integration is a must. Therefore, I don’t want to know if I’m on the internet or not. Another one, when I use a UMPC, and I want to look up contactdetails in Windows Live, but I’m offline, I need to be able to open the contactlist. So, again, there is a need for seemless offline/online connection. Come on community, out-of-the-box thinking isn’t bad!