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Longhorn build 4051 debuts... and PDC 2003

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Xeen:
Micro$loth today distributed and demonstrated Longhorn build 4051 to anyone who cared enough to be at their annual PDC thing. Paul Thurrott, editor of wininformant.com and winsupersite.com, and one of MS's most brainwashed customers ever, had this to say about Longhorn 4051:

 
quote:Longhorn is going to rock, and we're only disappointed that the build we got doesn't show this system's best features off effectively. The transparent window effects--called glass windows, appropriately enough--are beautiful. The ability to embed video and any other kind of media into documents, apps, and anything else you can think off--even small previews you see when you mouse-over a scrollbar--are just incredible, surpassing anything on any system available today (yes, including Mac OS X Panther). The visuals in Longhorn are just going to blow you away,
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In my opinion, Longhorn just got more uglier. Check out his galleries:
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My biggest concern is that sidepar piece of shit. What the fuck is its point except to hog memory and desktop space? And who the fuck wants that ugly looking analog clock?

[ October 27, 2003: Message edited by: xeen ]

slave:

quote:The visuals in Longhorn are just going to blow you away
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Remove the last two words and you're right on, skippy!

anphanax:
There's one thing that bothers me.. Where did the icons go in the top of the windows? And what does the "star" button do? :\

Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by anphanax:
There's one thing that bothers me.. Where did the icons go in the top of the windows? And what does the "star" button do? :\
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THE STAR IS A SOVIET EMBLEM! MICROSOFT IS LED BY COMMIES!!! THEY ARE GOING TO CONTROL US!!!!!

jasonlane:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33620.html

 There is also going to be a new presentation technology, code-named Avalon, which will be the foundation for the Longhorn shell. The XML-based graphics and presentation engine will provide Longhorn with a completely different, Apple-like transparent look and a handy taskbar to the right of the screen.
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Just like Apple with OS X 10 eh? My god.


 
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This replaces the system tray bar and also augments it with new options, including RSS feeds, a big (very big) clock and a Who is in my neighborhood service, informing users about who is  in the vicinity with a PDA, laptop or smartphone.  
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What bluetooth? What is this bullshit there trying to palm off as their own now. I must admit the RSS feeds sounds cool.

 
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A major change for Windows will be WinFS. Based on the relational database Yukon, this next generation of data storage will provide Longhorn with vastly improved ways to find, relate and act on information. Documents on the hard disk or on the company network, for instance, can be sorted by author and those documents are presented as if they are in a single folder, or as "stacks" based on another single common attribute.  
 
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Hands up who thinks stacks sounds remarkably like "piles"?

Hands up who thinks Apple and M$ are on a collision course with this (IP laws being what they are in the USA)?

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