PaoloM wrote:

Ahahahah

No, your idea about minwin and games was not bad at all, but I can't comment on proposals and ideas (for now).

Except, of course, for my deeply seated, almost primal, hatred for gradients

jamie wrote:

i dont want a font manager (adobe / corel / fontminder etc)

I just want "yes to all"

* i also dont want a download manager.. just working, fast FTP (thats smart enough to resume - or continue a transfer.)

grumble! grumble!

jamie wrote:

if i open the window colour slider - and make aero - red say (err pink )  then all the windows are pink.

so if you chose Windows Live UI - all the windows would be silvery blue.  if you chose xbox ui - they would be black. 

* im not saying every app has to be different... just the shell to get to the apps could be way more diverse

longzheng wrote:


http://www.istartedsomething.com/20071116/microsoft-iris-uix-framework-zune/

Lloyd_Humph wrote:



So your problem is..?

BHpaddock wrote:




Err... isn't Zune 2.0 largely based on MCML (Media Center Mark-up Language)?

Lloyd_Humph wrote:



I've got a cool idea for this:

• IE8 (or 8.5) with a download manager and thumbnail previews on tabs the same way like in the taskbar (maybe also released before Seven)

• IE running in a virtual machine/sandbox

• new version of Media Center build on a new framework (like the new Zune software) with the old Messenger back from XP's Media Center, movie rentals, IPTV, arcade games

• modular OS with a small kernel and individually selectable components like the "Server roles" in Server 2008, maybe where you only have to buy what you choose to install: Windows Mail for just 4,99! (a little bit like what we have now with all the Vista versions and Anytime Upgrade)

• virtualisation of legacy Windows apps/games with maybe an integrated XP-core

• some WPF elements and animations all over the system, but not a complete WPF based shell

• new Sidebar using WPF, is resizable and loves Silverlight gadgets

• taskbar is really resizable, using WPF

• a new powerfull replacement for Flip 3D as a real taskbar alternative (heavy on the multi-touch support)

• system-wide multi-touch gestures

• less text in dialogs

• all control panels using the new style introduced with Vista

• no import font dialog

• and an improved ui quality (improved and more consistant look, less old icons, less glitches)

jamie wrote:



Idea 3. Invisible taskbar - Search moved out of startmenu - centered
Again as mentioned: if MS is competing with google for real (from pcs to phones) they need the default main page UI to have search.  It cant go in center of wallpaper (as it would wreck the look of family photos) but it could go in the center of the - invisible - bar.

BlackTiger wrote:



BruceMorgan wrote: ...But the reality is, Vista is easily the highest quality user experience of Windows ever shipped. ...

WHICH ONE REALITY?!?!? MS marketing reality? Vista'a UX is just a DISASTER! "Windows Explorer" never had so many bugs and glitches before. Crashes, amnesias and randomizations in folder views, unhandled exceptions (aka "COM Surrogate stopped working", craches during new "folder view" application), lost functions and buttons in toolbar (mysterious disappearance of "New Folder", removed "Copy to"/"Move to" actions, etc). Some new definition of "highest quality"...

kettch wrote:



The whole File, Edit, View, etc... thing was getting lame anyway. It sucks that every little app out there thinks that they need to have the "standard loadout" of menu items. Just use simple contextual items and most of your tasks will always be accessable.

DCMonkey wrote:

I've added another perspective to your examples:

jamie wrote: from www.istartedsomething.com ... - The redish - expandable top options bar    Committee: Make them unexpandable, make them all puke green, make the selected preview pic un-3d and flat, add yet another bar at the bottom Project Manager: We can't get the new task oriented framework we planned for Longhorn's Explorer done in this post reset reality. Just put the critical tasks that the current Explorer supports into a smaller toolbar or dump them in the Organize menu with everything else.

creditcard wrote:



No offense, but what exactly is new "UI wise" in Vista? I've been using it for months. What is different? It has a taskbar, a clock, a start menu, and windows. The taskbar is black instead of blue, the start menu button is a circle instead of a rectangle. The window decoration is transparent instead of blue. That start menu has some minor differences, but is still the same general layout as Windows XP (which actually radically changed the Start Menu from Windows 2000). I am not trying to frazzle you, but what exactly is different?  What is the killer feature of Vista?

Massif wrote:



I used to agree with you, but the new start orb thingy (which, I'll grant you, could easily be ported back) makes home.live.com a much quicker way to access the services.

• can we get a seeking bar in full screen mode?
• keyboard controls in full screen mode (like Ctrl+P = Pause)
• and the waiting animation circle rotates in the wrong direction! looks silly
  

TommyCarlier wrote:

TiAdiMundo, the OK and Cancel buttons are on the lower right corner of DIALOG windows, not just any window. Dialog windows (including wizards) are usually for 1 specific task. And they're usually a lot smaller (not full-screen) without a lot of space between the content of the dialog and the command buttons. They're put there because we (the latin-based cultures) read from top to bottom, from left to right. And pressing one of the command buttons is the LAST thing that a user has to do, effectively closing the dialog.