| Monday, October 27, 2003 |
23:35 - Save us from the giant clock monster
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_4051_01.asp
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Wow. Just... wow.
Kris sends me this link: three pages of screenshots of the latest build of Longhorn, the new version of Windows.
I don't know if there's even anything sufficiently snarky I can say about it. The pictures, quite honestly, speak for themselves. (And this is at what's supposed to be a Windows advocacy site.)
I share Kris' wonderment: isn't the purpose of a windowing operating system to maximize your usable screen real estate?
And regarding other screens on the site, are they at some point planning to try to make informational and configuration screens less confusing? I know it's a radical idea, but I hear it's all the rage. (Quick hint to Microsoft: conceptual groupings that overuse the word "and" are badly designed.)
These guys don't seem to have a clue what goal they're designing for. Though in fact they probably do have one, which is a good deal scarier.
And as Damien points out, somehow I don't think people will be lining up hundreds deep in malls to buy this...
UPDATE: Here's a Microsoft employee's blog where you can go to tell Microsoft exactly how you want Longhorn to work. And they'll change it accordingly! Really! No fooling!
How about: "Get rid of the blasted Registry, and make the interface into something that an actual human might want to explore and use out of simple interest, rather than something that exists to sell tech books and provide jobs to certified specialists."
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Brian Tiemann
