Microsoft exec: Mac OS inspired Windows 7 |
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Microsoft exec: Mac OS inspired Windows 7 |
 Nov 11 2009, 11:40 PM
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It's nice to hear them finally admit it....  http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395980...torsPicksArea.0 |
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Nov 12 2009, 08:18 AM
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I don't think this is about windows 7. Windows is trying to emulate the "nice feeling" from the GUI of OSX. But in terms of GUI, Windows 7 is not far from Vista, and as this article implies, MS people just sat down with Win7 to think about these things. If so, how is Vista so similar to Windows7?
Clearly, the MS employee is not very articulate, or doesn't care for being precise. |
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Nov 12 2009, 10:06 AM
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Ther's always this
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/...-windows-7.aspx QUOTE Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed
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Nov 12 2009, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 440 Joined: 25-June 07 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 5 |
Of course there's going to be PR cleanup after that slip! Less than 24hrs later....
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Nov 12 2009, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,387 Joined: 25-June 07 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 4 |
If it's a PR cleanup, wouldn't it make sense to make it visible and not hide it on some blog most people don't even know about?
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Nov 12 2009, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 440 Joined: 25-June 07 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 5 |
Blog information spreads like wildfire, where everyone will see it.
For instance, I read the same info here: http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/microso...ion-comment-123 And now it's on C|Net. Yes, it is PR damage control: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10396280...torsPicksArea.0 |
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Nov 12 2009, 01:10 PM
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QUOTE (nabe @ Nov 12 2009, 09:18 AM)  I don't think this is about windows 7. Windows is trying to emulate the "nice feeling" from the GUI of OSX. But in terms of GUI, Windows 7 is not far from Vista, and as this article implies, MS people just sat down with Win7 to think about these things. If so, how is Vista so similar to Windows7? Clearly, the MS employee is not very articulate, or doesn't care for being precise. Yeah, I agree, I never really got the arguments that Vista/7 looks like Mac OS X, or is "ripping it off." I don't think it looks similar at all. They're similar in that they both use a compositing engine to do transparencies, shadows, etc...and 7's taskbar does function very similarly to OS X's dock. But the actual appearance of the UIs isn't similar at all. I mean, would even a casual computer user get the two confused? I doubt it. |
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Nov 12 2009, 01:12 PM
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Site Owner Group: Administrators Posts: 2,066 Joined: 25-June 07 From: New Jersey, US Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (LordDaMan @ Nov 12 2009, 11:06 AM) Ther's always this http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/...-windows-7.aspx QUOTE Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed I do wonder though why the guy would even say anything in the first place. He didn't say it was his opinion, he said "we designed it like X" as if he worked on it personally. Kind of strange. |
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