Paul Thurrott


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Obviously you don't know programming. They can throw any GUI they want very easy as long as GUI will present same data as current UI. Meaning you can move stupid text box to any place of the screen, all what matters is name of that text box called by code. Changing UI doesn't break your code. It is presentation layer they are dealing with.

It does when your code relies on text and graphical elements being in a specific place in a specific window or dialog. Witness the amount of times applications have looked terrible when changing skins in WindowBlinds.

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It does when your code relies on text and graphical elements being in a specific place in a specific window or dialog. Witness the amount of times applications have looked terrible when changing skins in WindowBlinds.

I don't think so...

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Obviously you don't know programming. They can throw any GUI they want very easy as long as GUI will present same data as current UI. Meaning you can move stupid text box to any place of the screen, all what matters is name of that text box called by code. Changing UI doesn't break your code. It is presentation layer they are dealing with.

I'm wondering how they managed to keep XP Mode so secret until the RC then, huh. We could fight and bicker all week long, but at the end of they day we just need to wait and see what their move is.

I think perhaps this thread should be closed?

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I'm wondering how they managed to keep XP Mode so secret until the RC then, huh. We could fight and bicker all week long, but at the end of they day we just need to wait and see what their move is.

I think perhaps this thread should be closed?

Uh, XP Mode is a separate product from Windows with its own beta. The issue isn't whether Microsoft can keep something "secret," it's that they cannot add new things to Windows 7 at this point because new things require testing and feedback, and there can't be any testing and feedback if you introduce new stuff only in the final release version!

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