I'm with Nick. I can see keeping that UI crap on for maybe 30 minutes, and then quickly turning it off. I swear - sometimes it seems like - when it comes to the OS - that MS has no idea what developers want. For example - when I install, I should be able to tell it to automaitcally turn off all the stupid warnings and prompts and crap like that.
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:49:09 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, some of this stuff gets old pretty quick, for instance, if I read 100 > messages a day and have to watch that crap over and over again it will get > annoying. > > I'm a keyboard person at heart, I do a lot of navigation via the keyboard. > It is fast to get around that way, at least for me. > > This 3D stuff is neat, and would impress people in the board room during a > presentation, but a tech nerd that is dealing with it 10 hours a day will > probably get annoyed quickly. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:05 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Longhorn Avalon 3D engine demo > > > > I am still looking forward to it. > > > > Imagine a 3d desktop that includes different rooms of storage. One room is > > long-term storage, where older files are archived as zip files if not used > > in a while. There are catalog draws full of table of contents from all my > > external CDs and DVDs. There is a map drawer, a TV, a stereo. A safe with > > a combo lock. photo albums. And, of course, little roomba bots cleaning up > > after me. > > > > I already visualize in this way, but the OS does not support my efforts to > > date. The human mind is awesome at spacial logic. Our hearing is > > especially keen in 3d. We should take advantage of this. > > > > I agree that a magically opening mailbox with letters that fly out is > > nice, but I see that enough on Blue's Clues. I hope they go further. > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > Web Developer > > Dolan Media Company > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/05/05 10:54AM >>> > > Scenese where opening a mail message would involve clicking on a giant > > mailbox which > > opens and an envelope flies out and fills the screen, opens the flap, > > the letter slides out and unfolds presenting the message. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141574 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
