Re: [slug-chat] WindowsXP

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Rodos was once rumoured to have said:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/guide/newlook.asp
> 
> I took a look at what MS have up about XP.
> 
> Looks like Linux to me! Everyone has accounts, just like Unix!

and like WinNT - old news still.

> A simplier interface, aka they just wrote a different window manager.

... a new UI standard, etc. :/ Its probably because of MacOS X and
Aqua.
 
> And to top if of, a "My Pictures" application.

Just a random demo application...

> Big deal. I am sure there is more to it than that but there is nothing
> there that I can't see Linux could do now. Although they probably have
> a cool way of suspending applications when someone logs out.

> Looks like they are still stuck in the were do you want to go today
> rather than tomorrow.

People rarely see the path forward.

> Be cool if someone could create a theme of E that looked like that with
> a customised Mozilla skin.

Heh.


Linux isn't going to win the desktop unless people start writing
style/UI design guides and the like - both Windows and MacOS have
moderately consistant user interfaces - and both OSes have application
design style guides for building interfaces - Consistancy is the key.

Of course, we have practically nothing of the sort for Linux or X11.

Its time somebody wrote a UI design guide ala Apple - Apple has always
been king in terms of UI consistancy - especally on devices like the
Newton (read the Newton Style Guide one day - its good reading ;) )

C.
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