usability

[~~NeYo~~]

Have to say, Microsoft have NOT taken a step forward from Luna with Plex. Its Far From pleasant really! I love the Taskshelf, it can be hidden with a click of a button (next to the clock) but the theme is awful! Fortunately, while this still, underlyingly, is very much Windows XP, Styles can be used from the original msstyle 1.0 standard, so there's still a lot of choice.

I Like what they've done with the common tasks, comparing to XP, but the theme, NO NO NO!!

Neyo

[theed]

OK, the preview thing, that's good. But mac OS X does the preview thing if you are in column view, which is the way X was meant to be navigated. The other views are only there for legacy users and particular workflow needs. So, it's good, but hardly new.

I'd send you a screen shot but my screen shots are all in pdf and I don't feel like spending time converting them into something reasonable for the web. That's a bad thing. I was loving screen shot to PNG, why did Apple lock us into pdf only screen shots?

Anyway, the preview almost makes up for the unintuitive choices. The selection and the choices should make the actual question superfluous. Windows still misses that one. "Jpeg, yes or no ... why yes, that is a jpeg. Wait, what's it asking?"

Next, why do you need confirmation on a completely undoable action?!? That's the point of the trash can, call it whatever PC term you want it's still a trash can. An undoable action needs no confirmation! That's why it's undoable! Windows teaches people to click dialog boxes without looking at them ... or to read reeeeaaaallly fast.

Next, congratulations, M$ has blurred IE and Windows Explorer into one mass, but which slash is the file delimiter? NeYo even messed it up in his reference. Do you know what a tech support nightmare the backslash is? You tell someone to type a slash, and every time you do you have to tell them "no, regular slash, not backslash. The one that's on the same key as the question mark." If Windows wants to improve things, it could move to the slash that everyone else uses and make the internet and Windows a little more unified and tolerable.

In all, kudos to XP for raising the bar. But I still think that improving windows is like trying to carve a gold statue out of horse manure. The problem isn't the size of your chisel, it's the big hunk of crap that you're carving.

As for stealing from Xerox, I have lots of bones to pick about that piece of revisionist history, but in the end, competition improves product, and IP shouldn't be hoarded. I agree with MacLuv, Everybody copy everybody, but let's hurry up and get the suck out. Computers have had too much suck factor for too long! Mine, yours, everybody's. If you don't think your computer has suck factor, just make sure you kept the receipt for your soul.

... I hope that wasn't too raving and maniacal. Those improvements just really rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps I just need the touch of a woman... am I off topic?

[edX]

like i said Neyo (and MacLuv), get Default Folder X and give it a whirl. i've been using it since os 9 days so these functions seem really old to me. it slows your finder down just a wee bit when opening to folders with huge numbers of files in them while in a browser, but other than that, the organization tools are huge time savers plus all those "common tasks" are always right there when you open up.

i must say that when it comes to finder window usability, this program greatly enhanced my experience long ago and only continues to improve. the developer is one of the best at listening to what users want. i even got to beta test the features i requested. he is dedicated to making a quality product that is worth every penny.

hey at least give it a demo and then tell me what seperates your longhorn from it.

[MacLuv]

[~~NeYo~~]

Originally posted by theed
NeYo even messed it up in his reference. "no, regular slash, not backslash. The one that's on the same key as the question mark."

So, ACTUALLY i did it RIGHT, and Windows was Wrong?! i used Forward Slashes :P

NeYo

[MacLuv]

[~~NeYo~~]

Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
like i said Neyo (and MacLuv), get Default Folder X and give it a whirl. i've been using it since os 9 days so these functions seem really old to me. it slows your finder down just a wee bit when opening to folders with huge numbers of files in them while in a browser, but other than that, the organization tools are huge time savers plus all those "common tasks" are always right there when you open up.

i must say that when it comes to finder window usability, this program greatly enhanced my experience long ago and only continues to improve. the developer is one of the best at listening to what users want. i even got to beta test the features i requested. he is dedicated to making a quality product that is worth every penny.

hey at least give it a demo and then tell me what seperates your longhorn from it.

Sure Thing, i will look for it later, i hadn't heard of it previously. We could drag out the typical "bandwagon"

This Comes outta the Box with Longhorn, as Does Multi-Desktop, As Does...

But well, the same ol' response would follow

"NT has been in development how long by contrast" LOL ...so we won't go there

MacLuv, What was the thread to VENT (u like my Rhymes?! ) hehe

Neyo

[~~NeYo~~]

Originally posted by MacLuv
Okay I'll give it a whirl. But all those PC guys don't have to d/l a third party app like we do to enjoy the same features...




i wanna go on the horsey ride!!!


*el bawlo*

now back to our regularly scheduled program...

Great Minds think alike?!

MacLuv, You're not fortunate to wake up, and see you're Room in a Cold BLUE Glow ... Lit by a welcoming message

Win32.sys has caused an error in:

(LOL)

...Longhorn hasn't crashed yet! ... but XP Crashes OFTEN, so i don't have ANY Confidence in an Alpha build based upon XP

NeYo