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  ActiveWin.com: Longhorn Screenshots
Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Robert Stein

Jon has posted 70 screenshots of the Longhorn Build 4074 released at WinHEC. Make sure you check out the last ones.

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#1 By monkeydog (825 Posts) at 6/5/2004 12:10:52 PM
Ok - so I checked out the last ones. What is that? Some kind of joke? I have a picture of the ten-foot ActiveBong on my log in screen.

And another thing. Why the hell does each picture open up in a new windows when I click on the thumbnail? I hate that. I can't use the back button. Alot of the porn sites I visit do that too. Then I have 332 windows open by the time I finish...

#2 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 6/5/2004 1:50:28 PM
I don't like the new icons, yes they are real looking, but are not as colorful as the ones in Mac OS X. I like the new floppy icon in My Computer, shows that its not dying even with Longhorn coming.

#3 By kevn84 (129 Posts) at 6/5/2004 2:54:09 PM
I like the fact that its still pratical looking and not too childish like OS X.

I just hope that the final one alows the user to turn off any thing they dont like

-- MS PLEASE DONT FORGET YOUR POWER USERS!! Dont treat us like children like Apple does

And PLEASE:
tidy up all those unneeded scroll bars and allow users to customize/remeber all column views

Make the size of the window auto scale to the screen rez!!

And while your're at it: make any window able to stay on top as the users chooses.

And if its not already patented by someone else then implement default windows locations so a window can be told to always open at a certain place regardless of where it was last closed or sized

yeah.. that would be great..

yeah..

#4 By msucks (1717 Posts) at 6/5/2004 3:08:06 PM
Looks full of eyecandy. And windows DOES treat its users as idiots, unlike linux, which regards them as system administrators.

#5 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 6/5/2004 3:45:10 PM
Good suggestions #3.

#4 again say:

Windows - 600 million users and still growing.
Linux - 15 thousand hobbyist and the buck stops there.

#6 By msucks (1717 Posts) at 6/6/2004 6:40:34 PM
Well, dee, in that case:
web servers:
L.A.M.P. servers (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) 80% of the market and growing
IIS servers 15% and shrinking.
5% others.
No exact, but more or less.

#7 By gonzo (280 Posts) at 6/6/2004 10:03:55 PM
#6 - check this: http://www.port80software.com/surveys/top1000webservers/archive/200301/

There's a list of companies so you can check it by yourself :)

#8 By msucks (1717 Posts) at 6/7/2004 12:53:25 AM
That's for top 1000 companies only, not overall use. There's plenty of info out there on actual data, don't need to (don't care enough too) put it here. Fairly easy to find.

#9 By happyguy (387 Posts) at 6/7/2004 9:39:45 AM
Not sure I like the new IE look. Seems to similar to the kiosk software that MS uses for visitor terminals.

#10 By PatriotB6007 (323 Posts) at 6/7/2004 10:47:28 AM
#3: re: windows opening at the same position. This is something that each app has to do on their own. All the apps I program do this. But I agree that it is nice when apps do this, and it would be nice if Windows made it easier for this to happen.

#11 By brentg (1 Posts) at 6/7/2004 11:42:32 AM
The nicest thing I see is that MS has finally included a download manager in the interface, much as Macs have had for years. Whether that's native Longhorn or IE specific will be interesting to find out.

#12 By Byron_Hinson[AW] (2035 Posts) at 6/7/2004 2:49:38 PM
#3 - hmmm not sure what your looking at but OS X certainly looks far from childish, yeah it has some fancy animations, but so does longhorn.

#13 By msucks (1717 Posts) at 6/7/2004 2:59:29 PM
Yes! OS X rox! OS X on a x86 compatible with OSS foundation would make for a true workstation.

#14 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 6/7/2004 7:12:11 PM
I certainly agree with you Byron, OS X does certainly look superior and professional.

#15 By diaphanein (323 Posts) at 6/7/2004 7:34:03 PM
Was the "Application Manger" screenshot the new "alt-tab"? It through me for a bit to see all the windows at an angle....just....doesn't...seem....right.

Oh, and #8, if its so easy to find, why don't you post it? Seems like an easy way of making and argument without backing it up. The sky is green! At least it is here. What? Don't believe me? Just come take a look, whereever I am. Its easy enough to get here.

#16 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 6/7/2004 8:01:30 PM
No, #15, its just the new Alt-Tab!

#17 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 6/7/2004 8:07:33 PM
You can also just tell that its built on Server 2003!

#18 By msucks (1717 Posts) at 6/24/2004 4:17:21 AM
Still looks sorta crappy though, that GUI.

#19 By Mr. Dee (3468 Posts) at 7/2/2004 11:19:55 PM
Thats because its still in the early stages MSucks, and thanks for admitting you will never be able to afford such an operating system, and it does not deserve you.

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