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Longhorn Preview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-a-leak-for-a-change dept.

itraor writes "PC World has previewed Longhorn, not the first one out I guess. Among the few noted features is that Windows now offers translucent UI, finally catching up with Apple. "

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  1. Translucent UI? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the fuck would I want everything translucent?

  2. Re:RE Apple by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yup. Except for their business sense. Microsoft likes to make profits, Apple only recently started following that business model.

    That and using proprietary hardware.... Apple is only begining to get their head out or their ass on that one. Can you imagine what Apple could have been, if they only had business people who understood how things work? They'd be the monopoly everyone complains about...

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  3. in case of osx/win zealot war: by essreenim · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Really, finally, a transparent UI you can be bored with in 10 minutes and put back to being opaque. Such innovation!

    really though - big swingaling. XP already has some translucent things. There's nothing you can get of significance in OSX, or XP that isn't in Linux (KDE, and others!). Really, I'm getting tired of you whippersnappers complaining about Linux not being beutiful out of the box. Quit complaining and go back to your abused lives as corporate OS users..

    It DOES NOT take that much effort to get a pretty and feature rich Linux distro up and running.

    Also, unlike Windows, there is no problem with crappy closed formats and crappy design paradigms..Unlike crappy OSX, there is no need to be shackled down to just one closed architecture - MAC(intel), formerly MAC(powerpc).

    Linux is just all round superior if you get your thumb out of your ass and quit whining. Translucent windows are nothing new in Linux...

    AND, nobody's forcing you to be an upgrade zealots either. Good'ol Read Hat 9 (pre Fedora) is stable and secure. Whatever distro of Linux you are using, it will be usable..

    Right, that told'em. Now get back to work/sleep..

  4. Re:Microsoft Longhorn... by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I doubt you could even call them "designers."

    From the looks of the garbage they spit out, I question whether or not they have a creative director to oversee interactive design, or some people that actually went to design school and studied visual communication.

    It looks like there interface designs are pushed by bad HCI buffs.

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  5. Re:Walk before you can run by TheRaven64 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Oh. You actually have to configure for your projector? I generally just plug mine in and OS X selects the correct resolution.

    This is what I meant about auto-detection. The hardware supports it so why doesn't the software?

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