Longhorn Brushed Metal Interface
Longhorn "Aero" interface looks familiar. It's a good thing Longhorn won't come out any time soon.
http://www.flexbeta.net/gsurface/405.../screen/ie.jpg
http://www.flexbeta.net/gsurface/405...oadmanager.jpg
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http://www.flexbeta.net/gsurface/405.../screen/ie.jpg
http://www.flexbeta.net/gsurface/405...oadmanager.jpg
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Cheers,
C.
Placeholder or not, it's an ugly rip off. I hope it ships that way so we can make fun of it. But by the time Longhorn ships (in what...'08 now?) Apple will be on to its next interface and MS will have to copy that before they release Longhorn.
...and he just felt like throwing in that g4-as-a-stepstool comment at the end just for kicks.
steve, don't think people give you crap because you "went over to the dark side." i think they don't like you because you're a dick.
Cough
Doesn't it seem a bit funny that there are all these Apple "Refugees" running around telling us how they "feel" current OS aren't evolving yet they haven't done shiza themselves.
Steve Capps- Yawn..if you've done anything for windows it isn't evident. It's still a poorly designed UI.
Jef Raskin- where are you man. I hear a soundbite or two and then you disappear.
Hey remember the ex-Apple Eazel team that was going to revolutionize Linux UI....gone bye bye.
All you young programmers in college. Or just getting out. The future depends on YOU. Don't expect anything from old horses like Capps. He has the experience but no longer carries the desire to change the world. I don't expect anything from this buy but high billable hrs for his client with little in return.
I'm just fine with the desktop metaphor for now. Perfect that first and then we can move on to something else.
Take a stroll through this thread:
Microsoft do brushed metal
Note to self: remember to finally add that clause to the Posting Guidelines about not posting outrageously large inline images.
Originally posted by hmurchison
Hey remember the ex-Apple Eazel team that was going to revolutionize Linux UI....gone bye bye.
They were re-hired by Apple to do Safari. That worked out pretty well except for a few people who complain "wahahaha, it's not complicated enough, I want a browser that's difficult to use." No names.
They also created Natilus, the GNOME file finder. It's JUST a file browser, they were never going to "revolutionise the Linux UI." It's a terrible file browser at that... very old skool spatial. I'd take the Mac OS X Finder or Konq over Natilus any day.
Barto
Originally posted by hmurchison
Jef Raskin- where are you man. I hear a soundbite or two and then you disappear.
He's right here.
He's written a book, speaks at a lot of conferences and workshops, is working on his Humane Environment project (THE, you can download it, I have no clue how it works, so I guess it's not all that intuitive), and is a really nice guy.
Originally posted by KeilwerthReborn
He's right here.
He's written a book, speaks at a lot of conferences and workshops, is working on his Humane Environment project (THE, you can download it, I have no clue how it works, so I guess it's not all that intuitive), and is a really nice guy.
Ahhhh yes Jef is never too far
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_...fm?NewsID=8109
Fed-up Raskin slams Panther
Raskin claims: "The interface is so complex, there's so many parts to it, that I have to go to other people and ask them how do you do this."
In a lot of ways he's right. But computers today have to support a plethora of file formats, codecs and applications. Becoming the next "Apple" here is going to be an immense task.