whatever happened to that C9 dev blog transparent thingie? | The Coffeehouse

Minh
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Hey, whatever happened to that C9 dev blog transparent thingie?

It's been a while since the last update, hasn't it?

Was it a blog? form? show?

I can't find it... Maybe it's so transparent that it has disappeared! haha!

Bass
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DAMNIT

I seriously was going to reply with "It disappeared!" before I clicked into this thread.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Yeah, same with the video series. One or two updates, and then nothing. Shame.

Minh
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In reply to Bas

#Jul 23rd @ 11:22 PM

Viva la revolution (9)!

I think I found the team blog, though...

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/C9Team/

6 posts in 3 months... With the last one about a month ago...

Will this revolution be broadcasted?

CKurt
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In reply to Minh

#Jul 24th @ 7:18 AM

I guess they are more focused on working and coding then on telling what they are doing. They would like to keep some suprizes I guess. Wink

Minh
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In reply to CKurt

#Jul 24th @ 7:43 AM

Yeah, but they said that the reason why they're doing this was to avoid surprises. Who knows?

longzheng

In reply to CKurt

#Jul 24th @ 7:43 AM

I don't think products need surprises to succeed in the market.

Look at Windows 7, almost everything was leaked ahead of any official announcements but even still almost Windows enthusiast is still excited to use and evangelise it.

A rock solid and superior product is better than the cheap thrill of a surprise announcement that wears off in a couple days.

exoteric
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Relax. Transparency doesn't mean you publish often, it means you publish when you have something to say.

jeffsand
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In reply to exoteric

#Jul 27th @ 7:26 AM

Hey there,

Good point.

We're actually filming our next update on the Rev 9 project tomorrow, where we'll talk through our approach on the User Experience and Information Architecture.

Thanks!

CKurt
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In reply to longzheng

#Jul 27th @ 5:48 AM

Windows 7 was not completly leaked before PDC09. The new taskbar had not leaked gor one afaik.

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In reply to CKurt

#Jul 27th @ 2:02 PM

Actually, it was, by Microsoft themselves: a build of Windows 7 containing the new taskbar was used for a multitouch demo at the D6 conference in May 2008. It wasn't done yet (it wasn't done right after PDC, either, IIRC), and they wouldn't talk about it, but it was there for all to see nonetheless.

Minh
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In reply to exoteric

#Jul 27th @ 7:26 AM

Tru dat. But 6 posts in 3 months? You don't become "transparent" by saying you're "transparent".

Bas
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In reply to CannotResolveSymbol

#Jul 27th @ 2:47 PM

Really, all that was there was really just a larger bar with square rather than rectangular buttons. There was no mention of the quicklaunch/taskbar integration, jump lists, the tab previews or anything, so that's hardly a leak of the new task bar.

Charles
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In reply to Minh

#Jul 27th @ 3:26 PM

We're all busy working on various projects. But, we will get better at this. Duncan just posted a new entry, BTW...

C

ZippyV
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In reply to Charles

#Jul 28th @ 8:51 AM

Which projects are you working on?

Dan

In reply to ZippyV

#Jul 28th @ 10:56 AM

From a content perspective, Windows 7, as you might imagine, is a big topic that we're looking to cover, what Coding4Fun apps we should build for this year, and what things we can do to better bring PDC to customers not attending PDC.

Charles
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In reply to Dan

#Jul 28th @ 12:26 PM

And that's what we can talk about. I'm working on a few projects that are private at this point, but since you want to know what I'm working on, at least now you know I can't talk about it yet. Wink