Windows Vista
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
fakefur wrote: One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. I know what you mean :-D However, I don't believe we are seeing the finished UI. Microsoft are keeping that underwraps for the time-being. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
You're not really seeing the full Aero bits. Those'll be inlcuded in Beta 2. I think it's a bit misleading for Microsoft to call this look Aero when that piece hasn't fully landed yet.
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fakefur wrote: One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. I know what you mean :-D However, I don't believe we are seeing the finished UI. Microsoft are keeping that underwraps for the time-being. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
Michael P Butler wrote: I don't believe we are seeing the finished UI. I know that we haven't. For starters, we haven't seen much of AeroGlass and it's 3d functionality. But what will be really interesting is -- and I can't find the article right now, but I believe it was mentioned on Wesner Moise's blog -- that there was recently a quiet announcement of a project dedicated to creating the final UI appearance for Vista. Will be interesting to see in any case. Hopefully they go more the route of professional Apple look instead of the I-Just-Graduated-From-Preschool Windows XP look. :)
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Michael P Butler wrote: I don't believe we are seeing the finished UI. I know that we haven't. For starters, we haven't seen much of AeroGlass and it's 3d functionality. But what will be really interesting is -- and I can't find the article right now, but I believe it was mentioned on Wesner Moise's blog -- that there was recently a quiet announcement of a project dedicated to creating the final UI appearance for Vista. Will be interesting to see in any case. Hopefully they go more the route of professional Apple look instead of the I-Just-Graduated-From-Preschool Windows XP look. :)
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Judah Himango wrote: I know that we haven't. For starters, we haven't seen much of AeroGlass and it's 3d functionality. But what will be really interesting is -- and I can't find the article right now, but I believe it was mentioned on Wesner Moise's blog -- that there was recently a quiet announcement of a project dedicated to creating the final UI appearance for Vista. Will be interesting to see in any case. Hopefully they go more the route of professional Apple look instead of the I-Just-Graduated-From-Preschool Windows XP look. It will be interesting to see how much they 'borrow' from Apple. At the moment, I'm more interested to know what 'Office 12' will look like. I'm intrigued by the 'Ribbon'[^] concept. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Judah Himango wrote: I know that we haven't. For starters, we haven't seen much of AeroGlass and it's 3d functionality. But what will be really interesting is -- and I can't find the article right now, but I believe it was mentioned on Wesner Moise's blog -- that there was recently a quiet announcement of a project dedicated to creating the final UI appearance for Vista. Will be interesting to see in any case. Hopefully they go more the route of professional Apple look instead of the I-Just-Graduated-From-Preschool Windows XP look. It will be interesting to see how much they 'borrow' from Apple. At the moment, I'm more interested to know what 'Office 12' will look like. I'm intrigued by the 'Ribbon'[^] concept. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
Wouldn't surprise me in the least if they borrowed heavily. What I'm looking forward to most is coding with an all-managed API, WinFX, with a new set of hardware-accelerated, HWND-less common controls. Indigo -- err, Windows Communication Foundation X| -- should be pretty fun too. The name is bland, but the technology rocks. While on the topic of naming, "Windows Communication Foundation" & "Windows Presentation Foundation" are about as exciting as an Amish farmer. I much preferred Avalon, Indigo, and Longhorn. I read somewhere a joke about MS naming practices, something like if Microsoft made toilet paper, it'd be called Butt Wiper. Definitely holds true here.
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
The areas that I've experienced the most difficulty with are the Windows Explorer and using the Network tool to access other computers on a peer network. Helloooo Microsoft. This is the area that people have ALWAYS complained about. Can't you get this part right, FIRST!?!?!? I know, I'm always looking for the negative! Marc My website
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Wouldn't surprise me in the least if they borrowed heavily. What I'm looking forward to most is coding with an all-managed API, WinFX, with a new set of hardware-accelerated, HWND-less common controls. Indigo -- err, Windows Communication Foundation X| -- should be pretty fun too. The name is bland, but the technology rocks. While on the topic of naming, "Windows Communication Foundation" & "Windows Presentation Foundation" are about as exciting as an Amish farmer. I much preferred Avalon, Indigo, and Longhorn. I read somewhere a joke about MS naming practices, something like if Microsoft made toilet paper, it'd be called Butt Wiper. Definitely holds true here.
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Judah Himango wrote: I read somewhere a joke about MS naming practices, something like if Microsoft made toilet paper, it'd be called Butt Wiper. Me thinks they'd call it... Anal Interface Management Apparatus (AIMX for short) Jeremy Falcon
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
I just hope they do not follow their boneheaded skins plan of Windows XP and only release a couple skins while blocking (or at least trying to ) third party development of them. With all that graphics power of DirectX, they need to make sure anyone can develop themes for the system. I am just glad people hacked the themes to allow others, I sure could not put up with the standard Windows XP themes. Rocky <>< My Blog[^]
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Judah Himango wrote: I read somewhere a joke about MS naming practices, something like if Microsoft made toilet paper, it'd be called Butt Wiper. Me thinks they'd call it... Anal Interface Management Apparatus (AIMX for short) Jeremy Falcon
Anal Interface Management Apparatus is a new tissue-based, managed foundational User Experience for bowel movement applications targetting the Windows Vista platform. :-D
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Anal Interface Management Apparatus is a new tissue-based, managed foundational User Experience for bowel movement applications targetting the Windows Vista platform. :-D
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I just hope they do not follow their boneheaded skins plan of Windows XP and only release a couple skins while blocking (or at least trying to ) third party development of them. With all that graphics power of DirectX, they need to make sure anyone can develop themes for the system. I am just glad people hacked the themes to allow others, I sure could not put up with the standard Windows XP themes. Rocky <>< My Blog[^]
Know of any free themeing tools? ThemeXP.org has themes available, but I can't find a tool to apply them. What do you use?
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I've just been reading through a quite detailed review of the Beta 1 on www.techweb.com[^] and it seems to be quite spiffy in places. Some cool features coming hopefully. One thing I didn't much like was the Aero look. It kinda reminded me of a bad Linux window decoration theme. Hope it changes. :sigh:
The first thing I do on a new XP install is change the desktop to Win2k style. The tigress is here :-D
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Michael P Butler wrote: I don't believe we are seeing the finished UI. I know that we haven't. For starters, we haven't seen much of AeroGlass and it's 3d functionality. But what will be really interesting is -- and I can't find the article right now, but I believe it was mentioned on Wesner Moise's blog -- that there was recently a quiet announcement of a project dedicated to creating the final UI appearance for Vista. Will be interesting to see in any case. Hopefully they go more the route of professional Apple look instead of the I-Just-Graduated-From-Preschool Windows XP look. :)
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I'm sure they will copy from the "wonderfully" designed G3s and iMacs as we all know they look sooo much better than the "pre-school" xp look -Steven Hicks
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The first thing I do on a new XP install is change the desktop to Win2k style. The tigress is here :-D
In Windows Vista it will be changing the desktop theme to Windows XP style *ducks* regards, Paul Watson South Africa Colib and WebTwoZero. K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Know of any free themeing tools? ThemeXP.org has themes available, but I can't find a tool to apply them. What do you use?
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You can always go with the old stand by: Windowblinds[^]. Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Taekwondo Yi (2nd) Dan Portland, Oregon, USA
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Know of any free themeing tools? ThemeXP.org has themes available, but I can't find a tool to apply them. What do you use?
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Who is Jewish, the Trivia Game! Judah Himango
Yeah, you can buy programs from: http://www.tgtsoft.com/[^] Or do it yourself by replacing the themes dll for your system. Here is more information on that: http://hintsandtips.com/ShowPost/285/hat.aspx[^] I have been tempted at times to buy the commerical product, but seem to find the replacement dll to keep them going. I currently use the MacOSX (Modified) theme. Rocky <>< My Blog[^]
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The first thing I do on a new XP install is change the desktop to Win2k style. The tigress is here :-D
The so called "classic" style makes me cringe every time I see it. X| My systems usually run either Eclipse OSX or Aikon XP. Neither looks anything like the default theme. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.