Curiouser and Curiouser! on longhorn http://matt.blogs.it/ RSS feed for topic longhorn Copyright 2006 Matt Mower Squib/0.1 self@mattmower.com self@mattmower.com en-gb Longhorn... what a yawn... Thu, 05 May 2005 09:50:36 +0100 <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn/">Longhorn</a> looks <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1789345,00.asp">incredibly</a> <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/0,2394,l=150617&pg=0&s=26945&a=150625,00.asp">dull</a>.</p> <p><strong>How long</strong> have they been hacking at this thing?</p> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002545.html Dr. Frankenstein would use Longhorn Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:26:52 +0100 <p><blockquote><p>Take a look at this <a href="http://elliottback.com/wp/wp-content/lh2r8ad.jpg">beta image</a> of Microsoft’s latest operating system. It makes me want to throw up. I am so happy I own a mac. First of all, having everything transparent makes it hard for my eyes to focus on the content, they are going all over the place trying to look for solid ground.</p><p>Second, there are artifacts of the old look and feel WITHIN THE NEW ONE. How confusing can you get when you have a pair of X’s, both which look like they should close the window and both in different styles. It is amazing how little can get done with billions in the bank. [<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/rufytech?m=54">Microsoft’s Complete Lack of Taste - Technoblog</a>]</p></blockquote>All the previews I have seen of Longhorn have looked terrible. The Windows UI is like Frankensteins monster in the movies. The special effects get better but it still looks like your worst nightmare come to life. I think it was Freewheelin Franklin who used to say <blockquote>"Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.".</blockquote>for Microsoft <em>dope</em> could read <em>vision</em>. Longhorn appears to be a testament to the failure of throwing money at a problem.</p> <p>At the risk of <strong>confirming</strong> my status as another boring <em>born again Mac zealot</em> I'm finding the Mac UI a very productive environment (Okay Terry you can shoot me now!) Switching from Windows has largely been a matter of relief rather than confusion. This thing works.</p> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002755.html Load another salvo of turkeys. Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:32:31 +0100 <p><blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://doc.weblogs.com/2005/07/25#whatIsIsnt">Doc</a>: <font color="black">Not only <a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000740051708/">this</a>, but "vista," I just learned, means "chicken" in Latvian.<br> </font></blockquote> <br> Makes sense: since Apple already booked all cats names (Panthers, Jaguars, Tigers, etc.), Microsoft is turning to birds. "Windows 2006 Chicken", it feels familiar and not threatening. To compete with MacOS X Lion we'll get "Windows 2010 Turkey"... [ <a href="http://paolo.evectors.it/2005/07/26.html#a2582">Paolo</a> ]</blockquote></p> <p>Sounds about right for such a <em>fowl</em> operating system.</p> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002780.html