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New Longhorn Screenshots And Schedule
Mozillabird writes "WinSupersite has recently updated the Longhorn release schedule and has provided some new screenshots of Aero. The first beta of Longhorn is May 2005, though there is some speculation about how much of Avalon and Aero will be implemented in that beta. The "big beta" is scheduled for this Fall."
For when the release date gets pushed back and Bill G. has to avoid the head-hunters.
I don't get it.
Better than their current disclosure approach, called "Shlock and Flaw".
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Paul Thurrott made it clear a few months ago that Spotlight and many other of Apple's features in Panther and Tiger are Longhorn features copied by Apple and put into their OS after Microsoft.
Yes. I think he said it with a straight face.
But, but, but, it's Microsoft! They innovate! They bring innovative new features to their amazingly secure and awesome Windows operating system! Don't trash the company that "brought American into the PC age"!
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Keep your eyes to the sky.
Oh, excellent, I posted plain text.
Raw and uncut.
Consider this to be hardcore old-skewl style: before they had them fancy html interpreters they just looked at the text and IMAGINED its formatting.
Apparently, Microsoft also changed it from "America" to "American." Now the citizens of American are called Americanians. =P
Keep your eyes to the sky.
There is nothing scarier than a Microsoft fan site. I almost lost my lunch going to that site. What kind of person is actually *excited* about Windows? I have seen the face of the enemy.
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Didn't you know, Microsoft invented INVENTING?
Innovation. Microsoft Patented.
Everything else is derivative.
WhiteWolf666 an exBush supporter. All you new-school,compassionate,save the children Republicans can rot in hell
Looking at the screenshot, does anyone else think someone at Microsoft might be trying to flee the country once Longhorn has been released? Because there seem to be an awful lot of "Booking cruises at the last minute", "BusRoutes" etc. documents in that folder...
My only comment on that screenshot is that Bryan has too much time on his hands if he can write a 65k Word document on "Bathroom Ideas". But I do look forward to his upcoming bestseller, "Pantry Ideas"
Wow, really exciting stuff there. I guess the really interesting stuff is under the hood, i.e., DRM, Trusted Computing, prorietary XML documents...
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain
and not font smoothing. Because that looks like a bag of ass.
REM Old programmers don't die. They just GOSUB without RETURN.
is head straight for the settings and set "Classic Desktop".
Hows that fancy screenshot gonna look then.
In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
Didn't you know, Microsoft invented INVENTING?
Actually they acquired the patent rights from Al Gore.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
yeah, because your opinion as a graphic artist is far more qualified than the entire army of graphic artists that MS employ.
I'm sure you don't have 5 e-mails and 5 totally random files all with corresponding dates and sizes.
:)
Perhaps this is an example of how future viruses and worms will be able to easily find the most "interesting" documents via the awesome new search capabilities and then mail them out with unsuspicious subject lines. I mean.. who would ever think that an email titled "Seating Assignments" would covertly contain your Accounts Payable database?
I always find the the easiest way to convince people to use the Plain Jane Windows interface, is not patiently explaining that the new look makes it slow, but simply saying: Shall I fix the Teletubbies Look?
Oh well, what the hell...
"But Mommmmm! You promised not to throw out my posters of Linus if I stopped using old pizza boxes as a mattress!"
"Seven Deadly Sins? I thought it was a to-do list!"
Clearly its time for an Open source based desktop UI and the name is clear: Pyro! with the flaming red color scheme or Terro!: the earth tone goddess desktop
Synergies are basically awesome, and they're even better when you leverage them. -PA
When will Slashdot have "+5 scary" mod option ?
[. . .] before they had them fancy html interpreters they just looked at the text and IMAGINED its formatting.
That's OK, Vicsun. I don't even see the code anymore. I just see blonde, brunette, redhead . . .
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Just curious... do you sometimes forget to hit return at the end of each line?
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
I imagine that, should I ever find myself using Longhorn, the first thing I'll do is turn it off and go back to the Windows 2000 style
Unless, of course, the default XP theme becomes the new Windows Classic theme for Longhorn. What are you going to do then?
Give a man fire, and you warm him for the night. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life.
That's OK, Vicsun. I don't even see the code anymore. I just see blonde, brunette, redhead . . .
The links were actually for searching tools, I think you need a trip to the eye doctor!
When he's finished have him give me a call so I can find out how to have the same condition.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley