I want my Microsoft TV!
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
While I was on vacation, Verizon Fios TV switched out the program guide to a new one. Microsoft's guide was a whole lot better.
The initial service used a Microsoft program guide, but Verizon has been switching out customers to its homegrown replacement. My set-top box upgraded last week, while I was on vacation.
Verizon should have taken tips from Microsoft, which did away with cascading menus in Windows Vista. Microsoft's inset menu approach is cleaner and less confusing. Verizon's program guide increases the amount of time necessary to get to channels or to record programs, processes that are all the more jarring because the previous guide was simple, straightforward and efficient.