Longhorn Curves
Friday, August 22, 2003 by Cyberjack | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
In this picture : http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/longhorn_0308_movies.png
the taskbar/tray is curved and not like it is on XP... is this true, or are the monitors playing with us ?
Have microsoft broken the stright-line-bars barrier and served us a more round "look".. i hope so
Good Weekend!!
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the taskbar/tray is curved and not like it is on XP... is this true, or are the monitors playing with us ?
Have microsoft broken the stright-line-bars barrier and served us a more round "look".. i hope so
Good Weekend!!
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Chris
Reply #3 Friday, August 22, 2003 4:12 PM
Reply #3 Friday, August 22, 2003 4:12 PM
Looks like the convex curve of the monitor is distorting the image to me
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Reply #4 Friday, August 22, 2003 5:51 PM
Reply #4 Friday, August 22, 2003 5:51 PM
The article that contains the screenshot says:
"It is the taskbar area that concerns me most: This is the part that resembles the Longhorn prototype UI I'd already seen, with a hump-like curve over the tray notification area."
So, I don't think that it is a monitor problem.
"It is the taskbar area that concerns me most: This is the part that resembles the Longhorn prototype UI I'd already seen, with a hump-like curve over the tray notification area."
So, I don't think that it is a monitor problem.
Drop125
Reply #5 Friday, August 22, 2003 6:28 PM
Reply #5 Friday, August 22, 2003 6:28 PM
Go to the wincustom main page and there is a link to that article your refering to..and it has the same screenshots.. 
Cyberjack
Reply #6 Friday, August 22, 2003 9:46 PM
Reply #6 Friday, August 22, 2003 9:46 PM
Yes, i was using that link, when i found that picture.
GhoS
Reply #7 Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:05 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:05 PM
I looked at it, and its not the monitor. If that look though is any indication of some of the changes to the GUI then I am curious what the point of that is. It does get away from having a straight line, and therefore being more stylish, but does it serve a purpose?
Cyberjack
Reply #8 Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:54 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, August 23, 2003 3:54 PM
I believe that the new tray will be more customize friendly, more menu´s and controls.
But the curve is just an curve and i think there are no purposes with it... but who nows
But the curve is just an curve and i think there are no purposes with it... but who nows
kona0197
Reply #9 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:20 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:20 PM
I have a question:
What is going to happen to WC when the new OS from Microsoft comes out? Everyone here gonna jump ship from XP to Longhorn?
What is going to happen to WC when the new OS from Microsoft comes out? Everyone here gonna jump ship from XP to Longhorn?
Hus
Reply #10 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:38 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:38 PM
That all depends Kona, chances are Microsoft will change what 'Longhorn' is supposed to be a lot by the time it's released. It's still a good 2+ years away, who knows what the market will be like then, what the PC world will be like. But as far as everyone jumping ship, that would all depend on Longhorn and it's features. XP is a rock-solid OS with an abundancy of features, it's gonna be hard to top this. They can merely improve and streamline what is already on XP. I doubt it's gonna be such a drastic change like from Win98 to WinXP. WinFS does look promising though, I still worry about Paladium and DRM.
kona0197
Reply #11 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:55 PM
what are all these?
Reply #11 Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:55 PM
| WinFS does look promising though, I still worry about Paladium and DRM. |
what are all these?
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Reply #12 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:18 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:18 PM
Kona: This http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp explains alot of stuff about longhorn.
Hus
Reply #13 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:33 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:33 PM
WinFS is the new file system for Longhorn. Just like Win98 had FAT32, NT/2k/XP has NTFS...Longhorn will have WinFS. In a nutshell (as far as I understand) it turns your hard drive into a SQL database. Each file will be a record on that database, which will make accessing files and searching files MUCH faster. That's all under the hood though, it will still look visually the same, icons and windows..etc. Paladium and DRM is much to involved to be discussed here, there are so many rumors about it.
Info on Paladium - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/jul02/0724palladiumwp.asp
Info on DRM for Windows - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/WM7/DRM/what.aspx
Info on Paladium - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/jul02/0724palladiumwp.asp
Info on DRM for Windows - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/WM7/DRM/what.aspx
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Reply #14 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:39 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:39 PM
Hus: WinFS is not a files-system in itself. It works on top/in cooperation with NTFS to create a non-physical and SQL based storage system.
IPlural
Reply #15 Monday, August 25, 2003 8:58 AM
Reply #15 Monday, August 25, 2003 8:58 AM
to me looking at the lower right screen pretty much shows that the monitor settings are all wacked out, Pin Cussion is blown on the right
Cyberjack
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:22 AM
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:22 AM
If u look at the text on wallpaper, the text has no failure, and the tray is soooo close to the text, so why is the tray curved and not the text? hmmm IPlural ?
IPlural
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:17 AM
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:17 AM
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/lh-proto_sm.png
This is scren shot of a proto type Longhorn UI and it does curve for sure. But again the shot leaves a lot to be desired and it is hard to really see what is real and what is visual disfunction...
This is scren shot of a proto type Longhorn UI and it does curve for sure. But again the shot leaves a lot to be desired and it is hard to really see what is real and what is visual disfunction...
IPlural
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:25 AM
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:25 AM
The Road to Windows Longhorn 2003
UPDATE. On August 19, 2003, I obtained the first legitimate depictions of Microsoft's planned Longhorn "Aero" user interface! Jump ahead to see what it looks like...
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_preview_2003.asp#aero
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2003 trade show in New Orleans in May 2003, Microsoft finally revealed its roadmap for Longhorn, the next major Windows desktop version, and the successor to Windows XP. Longhorn, as readers of this site know, will be the most dramatic and exciting release of Windows ever, and the most important update to the product since Windows 95.
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UPDATE. On August 19, 2003, I obtained the first legitimate depictions of Microsoft's planned Longhorn "Aero" user interface! Jump ahead to see what it looks like...
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_preview_2003.asp#aero
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2003 trade show in New Orleans in May 2003, Microsoft finally revealed its roadmap for Longhorn, the next major Windows desktop version, and the successor to Windows XP. Longhorn, as readers of this site know, will be the most dramatic and exciting release of Windows ever, and the most important update to the product since Windows 95.
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Cyberjack
Reply #20 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:20 AM
Reply #20 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:20 AM
Yes its so difficult to know whats real and not real, so we have to wait some time and watch the supersite for updates etc...
Have a nice evening(europe)
Have a nice evening(europe)
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Reply #1 Friday, August 22, 2003 2:21 PM