On 16 Dec 2003 at 12:28, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 14.12.2003 21:07 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > >> Let's see how F2K2/F2K3 does on that system because it's > >> supposed to be Gate's rip-off of MacOS X features. > > > > Oh? Exactly how is the new file system (which is really what > > Longhorn is about) a ripoff of of OS X? It's a lot more than > > journalling (and journalling file systems are not new on UNIXesn, in > > any case, just something that OS X recently got). > > Well, I really cannot speak about file systems and their significance, > however, I am willing to place a bet that the next version of Windows > will incorporate some GUI features from Panther, either by directly > copying them or by finding other solutions to the same problem. . .
My point is that Microsoft will copy them only *superficially*, as they have always done with things they lift from Apple. > . . . One > feature I am sure will eventually enter the Windows Gui is Exposé. . . WinXP had user switching in its initial release, so it seems to me that Exposé is copied from WinXP, though, quite obviously, with a UI that is vastly superior to and more intuitive than MS's boring implementtation (which most people don't understand and don't use). > . . . It > is simply too cool to be missed. It's hard to describe exactly what it > does, one really has to see it in action. It has redefined my approach > to Window based applications. When working at clients who have WinXP I'm constantly switching user sesssions, from my administrative logon where I tweak things to the user logon where I test my tweaks. It's one of the very few things I like about WinXP. A faster, easier-to-understand UI would be helpful. MS will copy the superficial aspects of Exposé, no doubt. But the base functionality was there already in WinXP, for the user to utilize. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
