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Sneak Peek: Windows XP's Successor | |
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| Time: 10:43 EST/15:43 GMT | News Source: PC World | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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The next major release of Windows won't be ready for a couple of years, but it's already taking shape. We checked out a leaked pre-beta version of the successor to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn, that we found on the Internet. Though Microsoft declined to comment for this story, company bigwigs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have given some broad hints about Longhorn. | ||
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| #1 By 415 (199.8.71.121) at 2/5/2003 11:35:58 AM |
| Longhorn's bomb-diggity 'n shit yo! |
| #2 By 442 (68.54.34.226) at 2/5/2003 12:30:32 PM |
| Wow, that "sidebar" sure seems to act a lot like that thing called The Dock in Mac OS X. Is this another MS innovation...whatever. |
| #3 By 1896 (216.78.252.226) at 2/5/2003 3:47:06 PM |
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#4 Have you ever used "Sideshow" ? There is no comparison with The Dock in Mac OS X.
Keep also in mind that this is pre alpha release. There is a lot more than appearances in the next OS. |
| #4 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 2/5/2003 4:12:08 PM |
| These are old. I thought these were already proven to be fake? |
| #5 By 1845 (12.209.152.69) at 2/5/2003 4:26:51 PM |
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Jeff, what's with the tirade?
If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you don't want the sidebar, hide it. If you.... Microsoft has rather customizable interfaces. If there is something you don't want, then don't use it and tell it to hide. It isn't too tough. Besides, since you've haven't see the finished product, there's little point in moaning and groaning about it. |
| #6 By 7390 (63.211.44.114) at 2/5/2003 7:19:40 PM |
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#12, thanks, cool links
that only proves the instant messenger is the killer app |
| #7 By 2332 (65.221.182.3) at 2/5/2003 8:52:47 PM |
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#13 - "Didn't they say the same thing about Windows XP?"
Ya, which I love. And they said the same thing about HTML intergration into explorer windows, which I've also grown to like. The next version of Windows will be quite modern (just like XP is modern right now). Most importantly, it will include support for DirectX... um... everything... giving Windows developers a set of tools that will make it very easy to duplicate the fluid style of OS X. |
| #8 By 2332 (65.221.182.3) at 2/5/2003 11:08:54 PM |
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#16 - "I bet Windows XP is still using a lot of the same custom control dlls and rendering engines that Winodws 95 used. It sure as heck looks a lot like Windows 95."
Well you bet wrong. Microsoft has been continually improving the control libraries and the rendering engines. While it has the same basic design... start button / title bars with 3 buttons / etc, the interface has improved quite a bit since the Win9x days. The task-based approach, the start panel, the improved task bar and system tray, the control panel, icon rendering, the themes, etc. While it's certainly not as pretty as OS X, one can hardly argue that it's not a modern looking OS. Even OS X isn't all *that* different from OS 9. They both have the same basic themes... the modal menu at the top, the apple icon in the top left for system stuff / applications, the icon in the top right for running applications. They really just added a much needed new set of buttons to the windows (and they screwed that up, too... hiding what they do until you mouse over them!? Come on!), and made stuff animate in a pretty way. That said, I look forward to Longhorn... not just for the new GUI stuff, but for the new file system and .NET integration. |
| #9 By 415 (68.54.10.120) at 2/7/2003 7:40:00 PM |
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