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The new UI looks a lot like KDE...

by klocksib 18y ago

henning 18y ago
It still has classic Windows weirdness to it, like shutting a computer down by clicking a button that says "start".
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  You don't click any button that says start. You click one the Windows logo, then the universal power sign. I can't think of anything more logical than that. Was that a kneejerk "say something bad about Windows" reflex?
  - edd 18y ago
    My only frustration with 'shut down', 'log off' and 'lock screen' in vista was the lack of confirmation dialogue. All to often I would lock it rather than logging it out. And clicking the windows sign and then shut down is awfully like clicking an apple sign and then clicking shut down. Quite a nice standard really.
    - mattmaroon 18y ago
      Yes, that does suck. I've slept my laptop a few times too.
SingAlong 18y ago
Yeah! the moment I saw the UI, this was the first thing that occurred to me. The UI looks a lot uncluttered in the beginning. But what's still weird is this... Take a look at the pic. http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914-5.html http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914-5.html The entire UI after logging in has a different title bar and windowing theme . But why does that "Install windows" thing still sport the old Win98 windowing theme - the old dark blue fade? And the desktop after login. Looks neat and less uncluttered. Yeah borrowed from KDE it seems :) Again http://content.zdnet.com/2347-12554_22-256914-256960.html?seq=46 http://content.zdnet.com/2347-12554_22-256914-256960.html?se... I got damn confused here. Look at the title bar and toolbars of Paint and Wordpad. They look crowded like as if they are waiting with a "Hey! click me first" sign board. The old WinXP alignment of toolbars was better. As a WinXP and Linux user, I feel the toolbars very confusing and it sounds heavy & confusing. And top-bottom fading of the windowing theme borrowed from Mac? Coz I've seen such a design in Safari and same with Mac But overall, the UI LOOKS NEAT with light shades. P.S:- @henning: You can understand it like this "start -> shutdown" as in "begin to shutdown". So that isn't a big problem anyway since start is now the windows logo :)

The new UI looks a lot like KDE...

henning 18y ago

It still has classic Windows weirdness to it, like shutting a computer down by clicking a button that says "start".

mattmaroon 18y ago
You don't click any button that says start. You click one the Windows logo, then the universal power sign. I can't think of anything more logical than that. Was that a kneejerk "say something bad about Windows" reflex?
- edd 18y ago
  My only frustration with 'shut down', 'log off' and 'lock screen' in vista was the lack of confirmation dialogue. All to often I would lock it rather than logging it out. And clicking the windows sign and then shut down is awfully like clicking an apple sign and then clicking shut down. Quite a nice standard really.
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    Yes, that does suck. I've slept my laptop a few times too.

SingAlong 18y ago

Yeah! the moment I saw the UI, this was the first thing that occurred to me. The UI looks a lot uncluttered in the beginning. But what's still weird is this... Take a look at the pic. http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914-5.html http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914-5.html The entire UI after logging in has a different title bar and windowing theme . But why does that "Install windows" thing still sport the old Win98 windowing theme - the old dark blue fade? And the desktop after login. Looks neat and less uncluttered. Yeah borrowed from KDE it seems :) Again http://content.zdnet.com/2347-12554_22-256914-256960.html?seq=46 http://content.zdnet.com/2347-12554_22-256914-256960.html?se... I got damn confused here. Look at the title bar and toolbars of Paint and Wordpad. They look crowded like as if they are waiting with a "Hey! click me first" sign board. The old WinXP alignment of toolbars was better. As a WinXP and Linux user, I feel the toolbars very confusing and it sounds heavy & confusing. And top-bottom fading of the windowing theme borrowed from Mac? Coz I've seen such a design in Safari and same with Mac But overall, the UI LOOKS NEAT with light shades. P.S:- @henning: You can understand it like this "start -> shutdown" as in "begin to shutdown". So that isn't a big problem anyway since start is now the windows logo :)