"Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:op.wer3hmsreav7ka@steves-laptop... > On Tue, 22 May 2012 06:54:23 -0400, Nick Sabalausky > <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote: >> >> Oh, so it's that time of the week again already? Time for MS to change >> their >> minds once again on which is cool and uncool: straight vs curved? >> >> Egads, it's like they're spinning their wheels just for the sake of >> spinning >> them. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The computer industry >> has >> become the goddamn fasion industry. >> >> Win3: Rounded edges! Couldn't have those before! >> >> 95: Rounded is so old. Stright-edged (*cough* like Win1&2 *cough*) is >> classy! >> >> XP: Straight edges and flat colors are sooo old-fasioned! Roundess, >> curves >> and gradients are in! ("Yea, whatever...Luna: Off, Classic: On") >> >> Vista: Transperency is hip and modern! More curves! More shading! >> >> Win8: Transparency, curves, gradients and shading are sooo old-fasioned! >> Stright edges and flat colors are in! >> >> FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!! >> >> It's all change just for the sake of fucking change. Why most of the >> world >> seems to be so chronically blind to it is beyond me. >> >> And then there's MS's "between-OS" styles-of-the-week, like in the late >> 90's >> when MS decided all their non-OS releases for one year should use black >> menu >> bars instead of system-default. >> >> Make up your fucking mind, MS. > > This is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. I know you hate > Macs, but this would make a great Mac commercial. >
Heh. > Although I would replace Vista in your narrative with Win7. Vista was a > horrible abortion that should never have seen the light of day. > Maybe so, but if I were to upgrade from XP, I would be torn between Vista and 7 because Vista at least lets me have my taskbar instead of a dock. And Vista doesn't pop-up tons of shit everytime the pointer gets near the bottom of the screen. I'd never be able to get any work done if I had (barely-distinguishable) mini-screenshots constantly popping up to "help" me all time like Win7 loves to do. They've killed Clippy, but his ghost remains as a poltergeist spreading thruout Windows (and IE8).