Comments on: Fans ressurect Longhorn http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/05/fans_ressurect_longhorn/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Griffith http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/05/fans_ressurect_longhorn/#comment-33956 Griffith Wed, 30 May 2007 15:18:47 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/windows/fans_ressurect_longhorn.php#comment-33956 I haven't really tried it, but I did try Longhorn back in "those days", and, in terms of usability, or functionality, there really wasn't anything I thought that the Operative System needed to make it feel more complete. And in all honesty, most of the advances from the stage that Longhorn was in, were basically in the re-arranging some menus, and redesigning the interface by making it worse, in some aspects, compared to XP. Those jokes about Vista being a Windows XP with a fancy skin didn't come from nowhere. Since Microsoft ditched WinFS, that's pretty much what Vista became. It doesn't feel better, it just feels different. But at least now Windows looks as fragile as it is (it looks like it's made out of glass). I haven’t really tried it, but I did try Longhorn back in “those days”, and, in terms of usability, or functionality, there really wasn’t anything I thought that the Operative System needed to make it feel more complete.

And in all honesty, most of the advances from the stage that Longhorn was in, were basically in the re-arranging some menus, and redesigning the interface by making it worse, in some aspects, compared to XP. Those jokes about Vista being a Windows XP with a fancy skin didn’t come from nowhere. Since Microsoft ditched WinFS, that’s pretty much what Vista became.

It doesn’t feel better, it just feels different. But at least now Windows looks as fragile as it is (it looks like it’s made out of glass).

]]> By: J44xm http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/05/fans_ressurect_longhorn/#comment-33955 J44xm Wed, 30 May 2007 09:31:14 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/windows/fans_ressurect_longhorn.php#comment-33955 Didn't see that coming. But wouldn't it be a fairly incomplete OS? I suppose it's usable, but I wonder to what extent. Didn’t see that coming. But wouldn’t it be a fairly incomplete OS? I suppose it’s usable, but I wonder to what extent.

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