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Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed 'Aero' Shots | |
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| Time: 16:23 EST/21:23 GMT | News Source: BetaNews | Posted By: Jonathan Tigner | ||
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Robert Scoble, technology evangelist for Longhorn at Microsoft, has called into question several purported screenshots of the next-generation Longhorn interface code-named "Aero." The images originate from a presentation by Steve Ball, program manager for Microsoft's Windows Audio Video Devices Group, given at WinHEC 2003 last May. But Scoble says the three month-old shots appear to be early concepts, not Aero itself, which Microsoft keeps under strict lock and key. "These look like early demonstration screens, and not how Longhorn will eventually look," Scoble wrote in his Web log. "The builds I'm using don't have the Aero interface, Microsoft really wants to make sure screen captures don't leak out." "The real "Aero" is one of Longhorn's biggest secrets -- I've seen it, but can't load it on my own machine and am locked out of the server where it's kept," says Microsoft's Scoble. "I am not even sure they'll show it off at the PDC." | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (69.22.78.116) at 8/21/2003 5:46:43 PM |
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Paul also missed that Scoble had seen the real UI, he just isn't authorized to use it on his own machine, nor does he have personal access rights to the computer it is running on. This post was edited by n4cer on Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 17:47. |
| #2 By 61 (24.92.223.112) at 8/22/2003 3:54:28 PM |
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Dee, the reason they use blue so much is because it's much easier on the eyes than most any other color, it is also a very calmimg color.
Honestly, I think Aqua is too bright, and as such, is too hard on the eyes, to work on for extended amounts of time. Plus the fact that, while pretty, Aqua is not anywhere near the best from a purely UI standpoint. Finally, the window edges are smooth and rounded, as compared to what they are like in Windows today. |
| #3 By 531 (68.185.166.189) at 8/24/2003 7:16:09 PM |
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Or - if you're a responsible user/sysadmin without your head up your butt - you can be calmed by the pretty calming blue colors, comfortable in the fact that - having applied a patch that was available over a month ago - you won't be hit by any worm or virus.
What a concept. |
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