Windows Vista does have some nice features that are a great addition but not enough to justify a purchase. That is why clever software coders stepped in and implemented those features for Windows XP. XP has the major advantage that it is a fairly stable system that is not as resource hungry as Windows Vista is.
So called breadcrumbs are one of those features that have been added to Windows Vista that are actually a nice addition. You may know breadcrumbs from website navigation. Sites like eBay use this system to display the steps from the homepage to the active page of the website.
QT Address Bar for Windows XP is an explorer add-on that displays all folders from the hard drive root to the active folder which is great if you do navigate a lot using the Windows Explorer. The software requires Windows XP and the .net framework.
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via The How To Geek
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Good, now if I can just get other sensible enhancements…
I like it. Now I only have to remember if I have the .net framework installed heh