Re: Thoughts on Vista
- From: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:17:25 +0200
Mike T. writes:
You'd have to see it to understand.
The XP GUI didn't seduce me in comparison to the NT GUI; I'm quite
certain that nothing that Aero has would seduce me, either. I still
run the classic Windows GUI on XP; it's more compact, puts less of a
load on the hardware, is more streamlined, and requires no adaptation.
Every time I install XP on a machine, I switch it to the classic
Windows GUI.
If you are running a large monitor like
we are, Aero is much better suited to that. Fonts/icons/etc. scale better,
making everything easier to see, read and manipulate. With XP, I have to
tweak the HELL out of it to make it somewhat usable on (for example) a 19"
LCD monitor.
Why? XP looks great on my LCD monitor. The only thing I did was turn
on ClearType.
But Aero was quite usable at the default settings, as far as
the GUI is concerned. Even my wife noticed right away (and she's not a
computer person). She was impressed with Aero. It's not just eye candy, it
actually adds greater usability.
Virtually everything about modern GUIs is eye candy, and with each new
release of an OS, the candy gets more elaborate, busy, and
space-consuming. It's like the automotive industry a few decades back
when every new model of a car had 20 pounds more chrome than its
predecessor.
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