psyko_x Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I'm not saying it doesn't look good. It is really fancy and looks cool. But for those who will be most likely to use the default UI (business people) it is awful. It isn't useable on a regular, business focused, daily basis. As a contrast, Windows Classic may be dull (grey - yuk), but everything has a clear place in the UI, and as a user you instantly know where to click. Windows XP default theme (although tacky), and Theme Royale are well defined too using the green, blue and lighter/darker tones of the two to make sure everything is defined nicely and easy to see. The problem with Vista, is they went over the top with transparency. They could have used a little quite effectively (like having everything inset within a thin transparent border). But instead, they have made everything transparent, leaving no definition between the sections. So everything looks much the same. you might be happy to hear they got rid of the dull grey in windows classic :) they changed it to a nice shade of blue. theres some pictures floating around...actually i think they're on another post in this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Ride Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 i was aking if this was an official build or a leaked build, TAP testers get every build thats released from Microsoft, i saw the screen shot but dont know if its official or not. Any details? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Looking good, can't wait to get my hands on it! Thanks for the post :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) If you look close at those screenshots you will see that maybe half of them are of the new Basic UI. These are much more than we have seen so far. By the way this is not the latest build. They are up to 5472 or later. If you look at some of the screenshots of the Basic UI you will see a new Wallpaper in the background. That is the new Bliss. Edited July 11, 2006 by M118LR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted July 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 11, 2006 Looking good (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Those awful dotted lines are still all over the place and could anyone enlighten me on why windows need to have all this idle space? :/ http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638125 At least things are starting to look more crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andresjk Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 looks very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 ok so whats changed lol to me it looks just like the public beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool_chris_1990 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Those awful dotted lines are still all over the place and could anyone enlighten me on why windows need to have all this idle space? :/ http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638125 At least things are starting to look more crisp. What dotted lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 The ones that have been there since forever, surrounding buttons, icons and tabs. http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638028 http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638036 http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638106 http://www.winfuture.de/index.php?nolayout...c_id=1152638112 etc. etc. The screenshot I posted before was showing how much idle space certain windows have, sorry for the mixup. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheToon Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 The dotted lines around the active button/icon etc? Yer, that could look a little better. Overall though looks very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanboy89 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 you might be happy to hear they got rid of the dull grey in windows classic :) they changed it to a nice shade of blue. theres some pictures floating around...actually i think they're on another post in this forum I can't seem to find them. Do you have a link? :huh: Thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos11 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 The dotted lines around the active button/icon etc? Yer, that could look a little better. Overall though looks very nice. It could be a nice glow at least on Aero theme... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldaccount1 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Im scared. Its running ultimate (according with the pics) and with that machine, with nothing running the OS seems to get all the resources. I know, just a beta, pre-rc1. But still look: http://screenshots.winfuture.de/1152638106.jpg You might not know this, but there's a great reason: Vista takes what it can get until the user launches an app, at which time Vista scales back so you can run other processes. The end result is better response from the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 It's not bad, better than before but they still have a long way to go in making this a good os, and for ****s sake get rid of the grey dotted line on ****, we don't need to be reminded of the classic windows days, just use graphics already. Geez when will they learn how to make a proper user interface, take a hint from Apple. I really hope they fix the non aero gui, looks really bad, and I expect many are going to be using that too. Why can't they center the titlebar buttons, like geez wtf is wrong with these designers :pinch: Ah well, like I said getting better, anyone else notice the lack of start button on the aero express theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunna Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 windows vista looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Can you select the language you want (32 languages they said) during the installation process? As promised by the final release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunna Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 You might not know this, but there's a great reason: Vista takes what it can get until the user launches an app, at which time Vista scales back so you can run other processes. The end result is better response from the OS. Isnt that how OSX and some Linux distros work? Has this been an announced feature in vista or does windowXP also do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 It looks like Microsoft is adding a bit of a blue tint to the borders of windows and gadgets, which looks absolutely horrible. Also, the taskbar looks a bit blue-er than previous builds, which I don't really like either (IMO it looked much better when it was black). This build seems like a step back in terms of the GUI. :/ And I agree with Neowave about the dots and wasted space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Why can't they make the taskbar and start menu excatly like the window theme. If I want the window coloured blue, then I mean I want my taskbar and start menu blue too, not black. Those who can't tell whether there is an active window or an inactive window. You can also tell by the border. The topmost window is the active one and has always been even in XP. And the buttons. It glow blue when active (at least it did for me in Beta 2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I don't wish to digress but how is Bluetooth in Vista ? its absolutely horrible to use under XP (in stark contrast to my iBook which is smooth like butter :p). I seriously hope they have imporved on such important things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike E Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Can't wait for RC1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourjays Veteran Posted July 12, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 12, 2006 The topmost window is the active one and has always been even in XP. That's fine. Until you put windows side-by-side. Which is one of the points of "Windows". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciv Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 it looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphonic Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Looks foul. Not that i'll be having to look at it anyway since I'll be using classic. For god's sake MS your UI looks like crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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