Windows Longhorn Beta Screenshots

An anonymous reader writes "A few screenshots of Windows Longhorn Beta 1 have surfaced on the net showing off many of the new transparency features, Internet Explorer 7 and Avalon or WinFX."

Comments

Re:How does transparancy improve my productivity?

[QuantumG]

Using some window managers on Linux as soon as you move the window it goes transparent. The result is that you only have to move the window a tiny bit to see what is under it. That saves you time, therefore increasing your productivity.

"Mirror"

[Nine99]

The screenshots are als on http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/07/09/long horn-5203-screenshots/

Server is toast

[baadger]

"There is a problem with the database that is preventing the site from working.

An email has been sent to the administrator notifying them of the problem. Please try again later."

...and their e-mail server will be ready in a minute.

Mirror:
http://www.networkmirror.com/JOdkEXG2eLXwsioX/www. flexbeta.net/main/comments.php%3Fcatid%3D1%26shown ews%3D13839.html

MirrorDot

[emcmanus]

http://mirrordot.org/stories/38d3ca8d0f1450ecd904c fee28fb683c/index.html

Re:Down already?

[schestowitz]

Use the mirror which runs on a sane server:

http://www.networkmirror.com/JOdkEXG2eLXwsioX/www. flexbeta.net/main/comments.php%3Fcatid%3D1%26shown ews%3D13839.html

to those who are still looking for pics...

[Atilla]

mirrordot is still happily serving it up here.

Re:Mirrors?

[pearljam145]

Try http://mirrordot.org/stories/38d3ca8d0f1450ecd904c fee28fb683c/index.html

Re:Close Window 'X'

[TheRaven64]

The Start menu still has the same usability issues it had a decade ago

No it hasn't. Since Windows 2000 (and even more so in Windows XP), things in the Start Menu would periodically be re-arranged to help you find the one you wanted (or something). This completely destroys muscle memory, making the Start Menu significantly less usable.

The modern Start Menu has a much bigger set of usability issues than it did a decade ago...

Re:UI Latency?

[kawaichan]

the WinHEC build + my 9800pro with "glass" enabled runs slow as hell.

I know it was a pre-beta build but all the LH builds so far are pretty laggy once you enable the 3D effects.

Re:Longhorn more like Copland.

[JonXP]

You gotta remember, you can change a whole lot that won't come out in screenshots. A good example is the difference between the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels in linux. Vastly different, but all a screenshot will tell you is they have a different version number.

However, 'just' a new UI and Transparancy actually required a rewrite of the presentation layer, that means most graphical programs (once they take advantage of it) will run much much faster, instead of the old fashioned GDI they used that had been around for years.