Ok what the heck is this?

[zynizen]

you know i posted a message stating that vienna release info, not sure how many read it, but in an earlier post regarding this exact same issue microsoft had said for their NEXT generation OS after vista, codenamed vienna, will be a completely new user interface... this just proves it's it.

I would gladly jump on board with this if it were secure enough, worked with current hardware, and wasn't a proprietary tech. that we all have to adopt... like "connecting and sync'ing to your zune!" that was funny.. who has a zune??


actually the reason I started this thread, is I haven't heard anything regarding future dev with apple. Although i know they keep a tight lid on everything, they should let us know whats coming... they obviously know MS has been planning this, so what are they storing under their noses...???

[fryke]

Originally Posted by zynizen

this just proves it's it.

Edit: I've just re-read the following post of mine and think it might sound a little _too_ pathetic. Hm. If you want to, skip it.

You don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "proof". Nothing is what it proves. It _hints_ at things that might or might not make it to your personal computer in the future.
I'm sure there are quite a few concepts of how we might interact with computers in the future. For example, Apple's had speech recognition since the Macintosh Quadra, a line of 68K-based computers introduced in 1991 (although I'm not sure whether speech-recog was introduced a year or two later). That's over fifteen years now, and still I don't see _most_ Mac users make general use of it. They still hit Cmd-P for printing a document or select "Quit" from the menus to quit an application instead of uttering the words "Computer: Quit application" or "Computer: Print this document" etc.
Like I've said in that other thread: Concepts of operating a computer might sound 'sound' and still be defective or awkward or simply slower in actual use than what's already there.
I'm not saying we'll _never_ change the way we interact with computers, mind you! Just the other day, it hit me how quickly I've grown accustomed to use two fingers on my MacBook's trackpad to "right-click" or scroll through documents. I think the important part of that, though, is that it lets me work quickly without taking my hand too far away from the keyboard.

There certainly _are_ uses for new input technology. Most of those "incredible!" concepts have a very _specific_ target in mind, though, and they might not change how we interact with computers altogether. I'm just saying: Don't read too much into such stuff until it's actually _there_. In your hands. For, say, a hundred or a thousand bucks. Else you'll never let go of things like e-ink rollable display PDAs, "the paperless office" or fuel-cells giving your notebook 20 hours of "battery"-life with a drop of hydrogen.

Let's take things one at a time. Two-finger scrolling and right-clicking on MacBooks is here. It's great. Multitouch on the iPhone will be here in a matter of weeks (or months outside of the US). And I'm pretty sure it'll rock. But if you want to speculate about what "Vienna" will be like when it hits the streets, look at what "Longhorn" was going to be and what Vista actually delivered so far. Count the years it has taken them from a beautiful vision to a moderate update to their ageing operating system. Translate that to months or weeks and then: Think again.

[Lt Major Burns]

(i've noticed just how much my first instinct now is to hit cmd+space if i want something. a lot of people deride spotlight, and i agree it's not what it could be, but as a first release, it's impressive how much it's changed my workflow for the better)

And the Surface is little more than a very good tech demo. Sure, it's going to ship this year, and they -have- found uses for it, but it *is* a tech demo, and an answer to a question not many people have asked. same with the iPhone's multitouch, it's a tech demo, a 'what-if?'. Whether or not they have improved an entirely touch-based paradigm to the point that it's _genuinely_ useful remains to be seen.

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Microsoft are trying to take over the world with this funny looking table. Imagine your neck after working on it. Ouch.
This will never work, or sell. just like all the other Microsoft products.

[zynizen]

Originally Posted by fryke

You don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "proof". Nothing is what it proves. It _hints_ at things that might or might not make it to your personal computer in the future.

what was the timestamp on that? I think I must have been lost in cyberspace somewhere while writing that... my apologies. LOL!

and I've been using ctrl + click all this time for right clicking...

[Tommo]

CJ, it is not desgined to be used like a typical computer it looks very interesting though I'm not sure what would happen if you put your feet up on it while watching the football :-)

As for Microsoft stuff not working or selling I think the Xbox section might have a few comments to make on that. Have you still got your 360 by the way ?

[Satcomer]

I wonder happens when someone spills a liquid on it or some kind of food crumbs?

[bluedevils]

maybe this will revitalize the tablet PC