Re: [FairfieldLife] Vista (was Re: Fwd: A PROGRESS REPORT)

[Vaj]

On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:33 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:37 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: [...] and the Windows Sidebar, where it bests Apple, Google and everyone in user-interface design), I'm not familiar with what is meant by "Windows side-bar". Claiming   that they beat everyone in user-interface design implies that there is an objective   critereon for this. What is the "Windows Sidebar?" http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/sidebar.mspx It's similar to the Widget layer (F12 key) on 10.4 and up, albeit as   a Dock-like sidebar that comes in and out. Instead of "Widgets",   they'll call them "Gadgets". It seems some of this bloat is to drive   new hardware by necessity. To use this type of system, 2 gigs of RAM   will become the norm. Saying that beats everyone is marketing hype. There are well-defined areas of user  interface design that everyone has to do the same way and last I heard, widgets weren't  one of them. An example of a well-defined area  is the menu bar at the top of the screen. There are  mathematical rules derived from ergonomics-testing that determine how it should behave.  I haven't heard of any such rules for something like what is described at that URL. It's a  matter of personal taste for that kind of thing. Truly.  That's not to ignore that there are numerous features I like in XP that I'd also like to see transferred on OS X. I've used them all. Right now at work I'm using my dual Xenon with an rendering farm (also of Xenons) all running XP Pro and they rock. Heaven forbid someone might think of me as OS xenophobe. An OX. Unbuntu rocks on the new Intels if you like Linux. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___