| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
Don’t fall for those rumors of a new Windows 7 UI | |
|
||
| Time: 21:38 EST/02:38 GMT | News Source: Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
|
Paul Thurrott is right more often than he’s wrong (although he’s wrong more often than he’ll admit, like when he predicted just a few months ago that Windows 7 would “be finalized by April 2009 at the latest” - oops). But I’m willing to bet that this report is complete, unadulterated nonsense: There are rumors, too, that a new UI is coming and it may make sense for Microsoft to hold on to that UI for the RTM builds, so that it has one last surprise to offer up to its eager fans. No one at Microsoft will confirm or deny this, obviously, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and trust my BS detector, which is pinning at 11 right now. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 148 Last | Next |
The time now is
11:43:37 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 89137 (65.255.137.29) at 4/15/2009 9:26:10 AM |
| Ed Bott is a jerk |
| #2 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 4/15/2009 9:44:23 AM |
|
It seems that Ed and Paul are in something of a spat. Paul, through his tech guy Rafael, took a poke at Ed. Ed has poked back. Ed has his own tech guys.
You're seeing a fundamental disagreement between two largely Windows bloggers. Both have egos. Both have blogs. The barbs have thus far been relatively polite - though they seem just as silly from both ends. It's competition among similar bloggers and without knowing either personality well, it's hard to say who, if either of them, is acting like a jerk. Before the instantaneous nature of web publishing changed journalism forever, you wouldn't see evidence of this sort of thing. There would be spats, but editors would nip it before it colored their publications in this way. From my perspective, I'd rather just hear from Rafael directly and similarly, the technical guns Ed works with. They're young, smart and thorough. Instead, we're seeing technical work as filtered by two middle aged guys that seem to be tripping over one another. Rafael's blog is here, http://www.withinwindows.com |
| #3 By 3 (86.1.33.75) at 4/15/2009 11:12:33 AM |
| Got to say it would be pretty silly to do a major UI change in RC stage anyway, can't see it happening. |
| #4 By 23275 (24.196.4.141) at 4/15/2009 11:15:10 AM |
|
#3, Paul seems convinced that MS will reverse the new task bar UI to conform to his desire to see it set to only group when the task bar is full. He may get his way - which will enflame his ego for decades.
I like the new 7 task bar the way it appears to have been originally designed - grouped. |
| #5 By 89137 (65.255.137.29) at 4/15/2009 11:25:43 AM |
| If Paul's ego get anymore 'enflamed', his head will explode... |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 148 Last | Next |
The time now is
11:43:37 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
