I wouldn't expect anything different from MS until the day when developers overtake average Joe's as the primary market for home based PC's.
Since that will probably never happen.....I wouldn't expect anything different period. I don't think it's necessarily that MS has no idea what we want, they just don't much care. > 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. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141577 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
