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| 01-08-05 / 01:19 : Windows InstallaVista Beta 1 (cjed) |
| The first beta version of Vista, alias Longhorn (such a name change that caused so many problems at Microsoft - because this name was ever used by another company), has been sent to developpers (the final release is programmed for 2006). We can ever found a detailed
review. Vista adds a new search engine alla Spotlight (slower, not as smart or elegant), a column browser that tends to immitate the one in MacOSX, a very identical organisation of preferences, some ideas taken from OSX for the interface : dynamic shadows, transparency, pulsating windows buttons when cursor comes above... Well, as usual with Microsoft it is not good looking, and there doesn't seem to be a mere composition engine under the hoods (like Quartz Extreme 2D). We can reasonably say that, in spite of its billions, Microsoft didn't even caught up MacOS X beta (2000) in terms of interface quality and frameworks complexity. The best of the "show", the menu bar, putted below the navigation tabs in IE 7 ! |
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