Paul Thurrott has posted a preview of Whistler Build 2257.
By default, Whistler Personal Edition now features the Start Panel replacement for the Start menu that was hidden in the previous build (2250). The Start Panel (Figure), along with a new-look Professional Theme, provides most of the obvious visual change in this build, and I suspect that most people will be happy with these defaults. But using the Start Panel--which can be set using an option in Start Menu Properties--removes most desktop icons for some reason, leaving only the Recycle Bin (Figure). And there´s no way to get back the standard desktop icons, such as My Computer and My Network Places, without changing back to the "classic" view style. This is ridiculous, of course, but since we´re pre-beta, I will assume that this will eventually change (hint, hint).Read more
