Windows 7
I installed the Release Candidate (build 7100) of Windows 7 on my
workstation today. I'm using it as I write this post. I'm not sure how
much longer I'll be using it. I suppose I'll be using it at least until
FreeBSD 8.0 is released.
The Aero interface seems to have been polished a bit since Vista. This
is both good and bad. It's good in that I've been able to customize it
to be almost as usable as the XP and "classic" UIs. Almost.
It's bad in that it's too user friendly. It's as though the designers
have such a low opinion of the users' intelligence that they went out of
their way to hide how the system works. It's like Microsoft wants to be
Apple.
Don't be Apple. You're better than that.
Parts of the UI seem to get in the way. The window decoration draws much
attention away from the actual task at hand. Moving the mouse pointer
out of your way can lead to more things in your way. Hovering over the
wrong spot leads to pop-up thumbnails of open applications. Or all the
windows become transparent hiding you task and showing you the desktop.
I'll try it out some more, but I'm pretty sure I'll be going back to the
"classic" Win95-Win2000 UI. Even in that mode, the explorer shell is
just different enough to be annoying.
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