I am not using Windows 7 (at least not yet), but I am using Windows 2008 R2, which has the Windows 7 shell.
I've been using it a couple of days and I like it a lot, I find the new win7 ui-shell very usefull, very productive. There are things I like a lot in it that makes my life easier. Specially
1. Improvements to Windows Explorer, Favorites and Libraries
2. Jump Lists
3. The new taskbar
4. How the Show desktop button is non intrusive, but readily accesible
5. the new tray area with app icons hidden.
I think microsoft has a winner here with Win7/UI-Shell
Crossposted from tariqayad.com