My current Vista opinion

I really have to agree with you there, i had my first experience with it when is was still called Longhorn and i still was a winbeta regular. I didn't like it back then and i don't like it now. Although i have to admit i like the new icons en segoe ui font, i set a pc up with this a few weeks ago, combined with windows classic and that looked quite nice.

I agree on the gaudy appearance, I can never understand the fascinatination with that bubbly look.

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agreed it loos way to flashy .. it will appeal to anyone used to a windows default setup .. regular windows users will love it..

as for people on custo .. we will mod the shit out of it

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I think it looks pretty cool.

every generation of OS from windows and mac make them look more and more alike.



http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~lindstro/

i HATE the glossiness...grrrr

I must admit I like the layouts very much, but the glass effects and what not they've used are a bit tacky

I personally like the way Vista is setup. Yeah it is bubbly, but it is easily configurable to make unbubbly. :)

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I absolutely hate that start button.

I agree with Kinetx!

yeah don't like the start button, but i do like the theme and stuff, but it would look better with a different wallpaper

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may not be great. but its hell of a lot better than luna.

yeah, it is better than Luna... I do kinda like the start menu though

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i think they hit a large target audience perfectly, but think about these comparisons in gui...

win98/ME/2000 v. XP - XP as new release was only slightly better looking than previous windows versions, and added alot more features and usability rather than graphical flash...with the size of the caption bars in luna, it looked like they made it for half blind people...

XP v. Vista - Vista is the first ms os that had a specifically overhauled graphics engine/presentation style...you can see the evolution of technology more in the os, even if it was first seen like 5-6 years ago...imo, it blows XP out of the water, something luna never did, until skinning it came into play...

when considering how good vista looks versus xp and how good xp looked versus previous os's there is NO comparison...when users reach levels of customization on vista that are comparable to the ones we do on XP...whoa

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Does anyone know if Vista will support alpha blending for the titlebars?

Judging from the screenshots, yes.

That's what i thought, that would be great!

"XP v. Vista"

Vista = XP SE :)

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i like the bar that tells you how full your hard drive is. can you get that on XP

I donno! but I think compared the

oops !

... I donno but compared to

oops again ! I think something is wrong with my computer.

"Does anyone know if Vista will support alpha blending for the titlebars?"


Doesn't the current ver. of Windowblinds do this?

yes, but i don't really like windowblinds too much

:o ugly background, beatyfull windows :o

Posted by rednblue_pen: "i like the bar that tells you how full your hard drive is. can you get that on XP"

You must mean the Vista sidebar. Yes, you can get this on Windows XP. There is many programs out there that can emulate what Vista's side bar does.

http://www.samurize.com
http://www.tgtsoft.com
http://www.xymantix.com
Just to name a few.

Posted by pepijnnuland: "Does anyone know if Vista will support alpha blending for the titlebars?"

Yes, Vista does support alpha blending. On just about everything. Later releases will also support what is called "multi-blending" which is alpha blending on different levels of intensities.

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Looking at this again, I really do like some little bits hre and there, like the media player shot with all the albums, and the fact that all of its uniform, unlike luna and windows media player ten, bleh.

Once it's out for the mass, we will be custo it to death like all previous ones so don't ya worry

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