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Windows Longhorn Screenshots Available Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-bill-says-so dept.

The Fred writes "I found this website that seems to have screenshots for the next version of windows. Everything from a new start button, extended task bar, display options, .NET capability, and a bigger clock." Fair number of UI changes, some good, mostly irrelevant, but it's interesting. Wonder if it's real.

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  1. KDE-LOOK Got Them First!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?file=3 625-1.jpg&PHPSESSID=a7685445ac3f09d1af9e5f85ba960d 33

  2. The bigger clock... by kitzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...will be useful to those trying to keep track of their .NET fees and licensing renewals.

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    1. Re:The bigger clock... by Reziac · · Score: 3, Funny

      It had to be bigger, to display all those dollar signs correctly!

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  3. pre-emptive /.ing? by Lxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "In other news today, the launch of Microsoft's new conceptual OS, 'Longhorn', was brought to a screetching halt. A band of rebel hackers known only as 'slashdot' has taken measures to stop this OS from ever seeing the light of day. By using advanced DDoS techniques, the rebels have brought the server to its knees, preventing further interest from the public."

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  4. Sorry, I'm really, really sorry by Zeebs · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll just try and save a little time for the trolls.
    1) Imagine a beowulf cluster of these.
    2) ...
    3) PROFIT!!!!!!

    w1nd0wz sUx0Rz!!!

    umm did I miss anything?

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  5. CNN by mr.+phantastik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, or is the screen just as cluttered as CNN at any given moment? I keep expecting the MS stock quote to slide accross the screen...

    1. Re:CNN by Ponty · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're right as rain. All of the colors are mighty distracting (this is coming from a Mac OS X user, too.) It's like a big cartoon operating system with oversized buttons and title bars. It's like everything's been inflated, and I think it looks goofy.

      Btw, kick-ass website. Seriously.

    2. Re:CNN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I keep expecting the MS stock quote to slide accross the screen...

      It's an option...

  6. bluejeans.jpg by BaconLT · · Score: 5, Funny
    Does anybody have the mirror of a site containing bluejeans.jpg?

    As a computer scientist, that is an interesting aspect of longhorn I'd like to investigate for it's technically stimulating intrinsic value.

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  7. What's fastest by Zakabog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what's fastest in removing content from the internet, the Slashdot effect or Microsoft.

  8. Famous Celebrity by Buckbeak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone notice that in one of the screenshots Bjork is holding a camera. If she's in it, it must be a stable and secure operating system.

    1. Re:Famous Celebrity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Lets hope they didnt use her voice for the startup sound!

  9. clock? by Spirilis · · Score: 5, Funny

    "... .NET capability, and a bigger cock"
    Err, I read that WAY wrong. "Yeah, Windows Longhorn sports a bigger cock, to fuck its users harder..."

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    1. Re:clock? by spinlocked · · Score: 2, Funny

      Strikes me as being a good porn star name surname.

      Woody Longhorn perhaps...

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  10. corollary to the law of software envelopment by banky · · Score: 5, Funny

    JWZ's Law Of Software Envelopment states that all programs expand until they can read mail.

    I posit a corollary, the Law Of GUI Envelopment: all windows will eventually be round.

    Aqua has rounded corners. Now XP does. What, do they think they sharp edges might hurt someone?

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  11. Meanwhile, in Redmond, WA by mdb31 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft Lawyer #1 So, what should we do about those sites displaying unauthorized screen shots from our Intellectual Property(tm)? Some of them are not responding too well to our usual cease & desist letters...


    Microsoft Lawyer #2 Just post their URLs to Slashdot, that will take care of 'em!


    Microsoft Lawyer #1 Sweeeeet!

  12. Re:Virtual desktops? by Alex_Ionescu · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can get the Microsoft Virtual Desktops for Windows XP right here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/In stall/2/WXP/EN-US/DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe

  13. Re:Virtual desktops? by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course they have virtual desktops. How else would it be usable, what with all the wasted real-estate from those gargantuan dialog windows, fat vertical dock, and that ugly-ass Aqua-wannabe theme?

    Microsoft is imitating the Linux desktop, circa 1998.

  14. Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This doesn't look anything like OSX. OSX has simple and effective UI elements. This pictures show an interface that's just guady, overly distracting and inefficient.

  15. Re:It is /.ed but it's real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow. You're really quite a loser, even by slashdot standards.