stereopixels Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I prefer the look of that sidebar to the original one, which to be honest looked clunky and like an oversized, vertical taskbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 if you read up this same build is what will go finale as beta 2 in october ot so RTM or what ever it will be it is just they dont consider this Real beta 2 untill it is finalized late this money i would imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izlude Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 no no you can't lose the side bar! it's like losing the talking pie! (in the movie of the robot who goes back in time for some reason) looks really cool... and darker than before! izlude like! all those new add holy hell there is a spider on my screen (sorry was a good moment) the new features sound really cool. and by bigger lddm support, does this possibly mean my radeon 9200 might get a chance at the glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crewxp Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 when will this build (or the latest build) be out for the beta testers, u think? I'm so excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanChris Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 *cries* but the sidebar was dead!!! DEAD!!!! and now its here again... do you not think the things on the sidebar are looking a bit like the dashboard widgets from apple? and no, i'm not a mac geek :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool4 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 sidebar is uglier than ever. 586514298[/snapback] I have to agree I hate that sidebar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted September 13, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 13, 2005 *cries* but the sidebar was dead!!! DEAD!!!! and now its here again...do you not think the things on the sidebar are looking a bit like the dashboard widgets from apple? and no, i'm not a mac geek :) 586518050[/snapback] Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I actually like it. They finally made some of the smaller shell changes that are made to go with Aero. Beta 1's glass effect didn't look good because it was basically a transparent border around an XP style window. Now, they are starting to incorporate the smaller but very important details, like the Sidebar, which I really like. I think Vista is going to be a success, since it's based on NT and because it shows major UX improvement for the end-user. Yeah, I like it ! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarzimodo Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Looks good so far! Looking back on Beta 1 my only wish for - I call it Beta 1.5 for what it is - is support of the Lexmark P704 printer. For the sidebar they should orient themselves to the sidebar in MSN 9. That sidebar was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphillips59 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 The Media player gadget looked really slick. I just hope you have have it auto-hide and I will be fine with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphonic Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Search bar actually fits on the sidebar in those screenshots :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 sidebar is uglier than ever. 586514298[/snapback] turn it off then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I think the sidebar is a huge improvment to what it was 2 years ago. Why is everyone complaining about the UI of Vista and the Sidebar. Microsoft is "trying" to make an OS the supports everyones needs. If you dont like use windows 2000 or turn of themes in Vista. I personally like what they have been doing. The sidebar has plenty of potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Can someone please post screenshots of the included version of Movie Maker 3 ? What's new in it? Is it faster like the rest of Windows is supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RA321 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sorry mods if this is against the rules but I heard there is a way to enable the sidebar in 5219...how is this done? Also how do you change the alt-tab effect from the 2d-scrolling to the 3d type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 3d alt-tab is actually windows button + spacebar. We need movie maker 3 screenies. And also I thought Microsoft was going to chaning the startmenu ballons, like Found New Hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSt@lk3r Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 movie maker 3 is not in this build it is movie maker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertia Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Is directsound still crippled ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSt@lk3r Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 what do you mean by still crippled what was wrng with it in beta1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertia Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 what do you mean by still crippled what was wrng with it in beta1? 586530474[/snapback] It didn't exist, all sound was software produced with no hardware acceleration / directsound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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