LovingU Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted September 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 15, 2005 The search bar hanging so far off like that looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I like it, althought the search bard should have rougher edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spclffred Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 looks real nice, but do the udated lddm drivers come standard on the install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 from what i heard the search bar is movable so ya cna moove it around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 wow.... a dock looking thing :sleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 15, 2005 Wait, I'd been told that the PDC build had the sidebar removed? Is that not true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0z Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I really like the sidebar and what it's going to do for me. As far as the shape of it, I think it's going to customisable. :punk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGiantHead Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 The clock, rss ticker and the picture viewer look fine, but the rest of them look like crap. And the curved sidebar, not good in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_a_V_e_N Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 The clock, rss ticker and the picture viewer look fine, but the rest of them look like crap.And the curved sidebar, not good in my book. 586527220[/snapback] Looks like Sidebar is turned off by default. Anyone know how to turn it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphonic Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 I still think it's a waste of space without any decent functionality. Systray could handle this sort of thing so much better IMO. What is the point of having your photos so small and tiny there? For example if you hover the clock in the system tray then it would display the analogue clock... If you hovered an icon in the sys tray it would show the rss feeds. Mail? Have a systray notifier... Media player widget thing? Ugly and bloated. Keep the buttons tiny and on the taskbar like the current version of WMP in mini mode, but have the buttons blend into the taskbar better. Recycle bin? What was wrong with the desktop icon? Search bar: tray icon like the current desktop search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depakote Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 The search bar hanging so far off like that looks terrible. 586527091[/snapback] Beta 2 should have your fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash505 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 :( I really liked the old sidebar in 4074. That actually looked like a part of the OS. Not this one that looks like its just spyware thats installed itself on your computer because you looked at porn without a firewall... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 That doesn't look beautiful. It looks horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZOOzzoo Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I think sidebar itself looks beautiful, but the widgets attached to it are just... yuck. As other pointed out, search bar looks out of place, and that media controller one looks hideous as well. However, with properly designed and more creative and functional widgets, I'm sure sidebar will become a great eye-candy that improves productivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guol Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 hey...great sidebar, but crappy widget/s :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphillips59 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 hey...great sidebar, but crappy widget/s :unsure: 586534170[/snapback] They are calling them gadgets now.... more info http://microsoftgadgets.com/default.aspx and Sean A http://blog.seanalexander.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted September 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 16, 2005 I'd prefer a normal (read as non curved) sidebar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash505 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Will there be an option for a non curved sidebar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Paul Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 wow.... a dock looking thing :sleep: 586527123[/snapback] Very much so. The mail icon with the number of unread messages in the circle looks very familiar as well :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted September 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 16, 2005 yeah, it is funny that docks for xp are new....but they really are so 3 years ago. and if they are going to do it, they should do it REALLY well, since they've had all this time. actually, i've never really seen a curved bar before, and i think it looks pretty nice. although a curve may not be practical, if you had a window along the edge, you'd be wasting space one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogosama Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 microsoft are just catchin up how long has mac os x had a dock and dashboard ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 16, 2005 yeah, it is funny that docks for xp are new....but they really are so 3 years ago.? 586536054[/snapback] What do you mean by "dock." Windows has had the Taskbar for years. The Apple OS X "dock" is just a taskbar + quicklaunch with a different visual design (and, in my opinion, is far less useful). The Sidebar is a dock of sorts, but not like the OS X dock. Basically, it's a place to dock Gadgets. But Gadgets can exist on your Windows desktop (certain gadgets can exist on Start.com), or on devices. Oh, and as www.microsoftgadgets.com has revealed (and I was wondering why it wasn't said at the PDC)... Gadgets will not be Vista-only. Although I believe the Sidebar will be. microsoft are just catchin up how long has mac os x had a dock and dashboard ??? They've had a Dashboard for what... 5 months now? How long after the Sidebar first appeared did they implement that... 4 years? Something like that? As I said above, I don't see what this has to do with the OS X Dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cropcircles Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I did not see a sidebar in 5219. Where is it. My understanding that it was suppose tho be there. Is there an on/off switch :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog666al Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 The windows media player wid/gad-get makes me want to rub acid into my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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