MS should take some time to write an HIG document and put it online for everyone to see. That would help a lot.
I also hope MS uses fewer "violent" colors in Win7. I'm a Mac user, and I love the way the Mac UI just recedes into the background with gray as it's dominating color. I don't like the reds and greens in the Vista UI. Of course, I could turn on classic mode, but why should I have to do that? I like the modern Aero UI, and I want to keep it - sans the violent colors.
All those horrid bright colors make the Vista UI distracting, especially for someone who spends a lot of time in CLI environments.
I also hope MS uses fewer "violent" colors in Win7. I'm a Mac user, and I love the way the Mac UI just recedes into the background with gray as it's dominating color. I don't like the reds and greens in the Vista UI. Of course, I could turn on classic mode, but why should I have to do that? I like the modern Aero UI, and I want to keep it - sans the violent colors.
All those horrid bright colors make the Vista UI distracting, especially for someone who spends a lot of time in CLI environments.