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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
I couldn't bother read it all, but Glass does have its purpose by putting
more focus on the content of a window, so less focus is given to the window
frame, in XP, the Luna frame is always in your eye sight. Window titles are
not difficult to decipher, when Glass windows are are over each other, the
intensity of the outer glow is more visible, making the text very legible.
Flip 3D, yeah, its a gimmick, but its just more fun switching between
applications. :-D Classic Alt-TAB still exist, so you don't lose anything.
Glowing taskbar buttons, I don't see any issues there, works just fine, if
you don't like it, choose a different colour scheme from Personalization
(Control Panel) > Visual Appearance.
The rendering of the interface through DX 10 provides a more reliable
graphics subsystem, since graphics drivers are not in kernel mode anymore
which prevents things like BSODs. It also contributes to a better multimedia
experience for user, better sound stack, no jaggy video and just a smoother
overall experience.
I think the Start menu's hierarchial layout plus built in search makes it
way faster to access an application than Windows XP's or prior versions of
Windows cascading menus. Just hit Windows key on your keyboard and start
typing in the name of your desired app, "Word" hit enter and its open.
Compare that to opening the Finder > navigate to Applications > Microsoft
Office > double click Microsoft Word, its a waste of time there and its no
different accessing it from the Finder menu > Recent items, just as slow.
Doing a search in the system is not slow or lousy, just like OS 10.4's
Spotlight, Vista has to index the files on your system, especially if you
keep and access data in multiple locations. Its still a work in progress, I
have read reports in Mac World where a OS X beta tester reported 10.4 early
versions were horrendous and did not get better until it was near launch,
this was like close to WWDC 2004. So, present versions of OS 10.5 might be
just as horrific, just that you don't see that. Microsoft has made Vista
very transparent/open to the public, you can easily download it legitmately
or illegitimately. As for Mac OS 10 betas, you have pay $500 a year to get
that.
I won't cast judgement until it RTM's, but I see progress, and it takes some
getting use to, OS 9 users had to get accustomer OS 10 plus transitioning to
it, using Classic apps in dual boot scenario's or booting into Classic which
was chore. On Windows that is an exception in many cases, because the focus
of Windows since day one is to maintain compatibility as much as possible.
Yes, UAP is annoying, it can be turned off if you know what you are doing,
but for the novice or intermidiate user, its a life saver I would say.
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Andre
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more focus on the content of a window, so less focus is given to the window
frame, in XP, the Luna frame is always in your eye sight. Window titles are
not difficult to decipher, when Glass windows are are over each other, the
intensity of the outer glow is more visible, making the text very legible.
Flip 3D, yeah, its a gimmick, but its just more fun switching between
applications. :-D Classic Alt-TAB still exist, so you don't lose anything.
Glowing taskbar buttons, I don't see any issues there, works just fine, if
you don't like it, choose a different colour scheme from Personalization
(Control Panel) > Visual Appearance.
The rendering of the interface through DX 10 provides a more reliable
graphics subsystem, since graphics drivers are not in kernel mode anymore
which prevents things like BSODs. It also contributes to a better multimedia
experience for user, better sound stack, no jaggy video and just a smoother
overall experience.
I think the Start menu's hierarchial layout plus built in search makes it
way faster to access an application than Windows XP's or prior versions of
Windows cascading menus. Just hit Windows key on your keyboard and start
typing in the name of your desired app, "Word" hit enter and its open.
Compare that to opening the Finder > navigate to Applications > Microsoft
Office > double click Microsoft Word, its a waste of time there and its no
different accessing it from the Finder menu > Recent items, just as slow.
Doing a search in the system is not slow or lousy, just like OS 10.4's
Spotlight, Vista has to index the files on your system, especially if you
keep and access data in multiple locations. Its still a work in progress, I
have read reports in Mac World where a OS X beta tester reported 10.4 early
versions were horrendous and did not get better until it was near launch,
this was like close to WWDC 2004. So, present versions of OS 10.5 might be
just as horrific, just that you don't see that. Microsoft has made Vista
very transparent/open to the public, you can easily download it legitmately
or illegitimately. As for Mac OS 10 betas, you have pay $500 a year to get
that.
I won't cast judgement until it RTM's, but I see progress, and it takes some
getting use to, OS 9 users had to get accustomer OS 10 plus transitioning to
it, using Classic apps in dual boot scenario's or booting into Classic which
was chore. On Windows that is an exception in many cases, because the focus
of Windows since day one is to maintain compatibility as much as possible.
Yes, UAP is annoying, it can be turned off if you know what you are doing,
but for the novice or intermidiate user, its a life saver I would say.
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Andre
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