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New Longhorn Screenshots Leaked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the unavoidable-future-of-the-desktop dept.

Badgerguy writes "The Supersite for Windows has some shiney-blue looking leaked screenshots of LongHorn. The new screenshots of the 'Aero' interface mainly seem to be concerned with Digital Media integration - which has become deeper still. A new 'SyncManager' screenshot is up there (copying of iSync?) as well as some pictures of LongHorn prototype hardware, which looks like a cross between a desktop PC / Notebook / Tablet PC. "

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  1. Re:Wrong direction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Well my XP box never crashed and I don't have to reboot for a week! I play mad gamez and it stays good! So it's stable, you are just a open source zealot!"

    But I thought windows boxes were for only playing games :)

  2. Toyish? by s.a.rankin · · Score: 5, Funny

    As each new Windows release comes out, I'm surprised to see the new release looks even more like a toy than the last release. What's next, a dancing Hello Kitty?

    1. Re:Toyish? by chazzf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Great god man, don't give them ideas!

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  3. Spelling error by BarryJacobsen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else notice that in one of the pics it says "Here's room for text but I don't thing we need it."?

    Did Microsoft hire a Slashdot editor?

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  4. That's some hardware it's running on by aliens · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about bloat. One of the screenshot diplaying what I would think is a fancy Device Manager has the computer listed as a 80Ghz Xeon with 20GB of RAM.

    Is that what's going to be required to run Longhorn? ::)

    (P.S. I know it's just what the developer typed in as a placeholder)

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  5. its a good thing by mattkime · · Score: 4, Funny

    its a good thing buttons, images, and text are all getting larger. i've been far too satisfied with my 19" display.

    finally, and end to the tyranny of productive screen usage!

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  6. Neat by Rombuu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we know what KDE 5.0 will look like.

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  7. Let's see here... by Fizzlewhiff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bigger icons and bigger text on a shiney blue background. Reminds me of Gnome, which reminds me of KDE, which reminds me of OS X. At least with Bob they had true innovation going for them. Bring back Bob!!!

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  8. Aero the chocolate bar by CrackedButter · · Score: 5, Funny

    The OS with a GUI just like its security...full of holes.

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  9. One question... by mcgroarty · · Score: 5, Funny
    After looking at those pictures --

    Any word on how they'll avoid a Fischer-Price look-and-feel lawsuit?

  10. Changing the look and feel by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will they be changing the look and feel of the Blue Screen of Death (tm)? Maybe it'll become the Pastel Screen of Discomfort.

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  11. Re:Wrong direction by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    User interface within Windows has been at acceptable to good levels since Windows 95.

    *blink*

    This is almost like hearing someone say, "Look at the sleek and sexy lines of that Honda Element."

    Yeah. Car analogy. Deal with it.

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  12. bigger buttons == easier by SirSlud · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows is getting easier and easier to use .. in fact, by the time the "Play My Music" button is the size of your monitor, theres no way you could mistakeningly hit the wrong button!

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  13. Re:Great! Wizards everywhere by kisrael · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gawd, yeah.
    I REALLY long for the old behavior of Ctrl-F bringing up a useful little search in its own window, not taking over my current explorer window. It's stupid how many clicks that adds to my everyday user experience.

    You know, I NEVER want a sidebar appearing in explorer, file or internet or otherwise. Like when I hit ctrl-F on a page that hasn't finished loading, it pulls up a useless OEM-branded websearch...a chance for all kinds of retarded branding and useles portalling when all I want is MY FUCKING SEARCHBOX. (which is braindamaged anyway, pulling up random previous searches. Considering that the Address box and other autocompletes are pretty good, I'm appalled at what crap the ctrl-F search is. It must be some form of primitive protoDRM.)

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  14. Re:Wrong direction by slipgun · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Server version is WORMWOOD

    And the Advanced Server version is Screwtape?

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  15. Re:Aqua? Aero? by tlahoda · · Score: 5, Funny

    What ever happened to the snazzy 3D virtual reality GUIs we were promised?

    They're installed in the flying cars

  16. How much did the license cost by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 5, Funny

    from Playskool (tm) for the look and feel???

    Longhorn approved PDA

    Longhorn/RIAA approved MP3 player

    Longhorn control panel

    Longhorn/RIAA approved CD player

    And, last but not least, introducing the ALL NEW Longhorn approved WORM..

  17. but... but... but... by kclittle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where do I type "dir"?

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