Windows Vista 5342 Screenshots

Lhopar writes "Microsoft released a new build of Windows Vista to beta testers. Flexbeta has got some screenshots. Included in this build is an extensive collection of drivers and the exclusive sidebar. Glass is also a feature that we all have come to respect and love, along with the 3D flip. The official version number is 6.0 Version 5342.winmain_idx04.060321-1730. Internet Explorer 7.0 is build Version 7.0.5342.2. Nice features include a new 'Paint' and needed redesigned network center."

Re:Remote Exploits? Poor user security model?

[user24]

especially given that Paint.NET [wsu.edu] already exists (and was sponsored by MS).

so, I ask again, what's *new*?

coral cahced

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http://www.flexbeta.net.nyud.net:8090/main/comment s.php?catid=1&shownews=18760 [nyud.net]

I wonder when slashcode is going to support inserting .nyud.net:8090 to all post links automatically?

Re:coral cahced

[evilviper]

I wonder when slashcode is going to support inserting to all post links automatically?

Never. The Coral Cache (or mirrordot, or whatever else) go down faster than the website itself. The coral-cache has been /.ed now, since you posted a link to it (only in comments, not even the main story).

Now the mirrordot cache, which will be down moments after I click submit:

http://mirrordot.org/stories/451603e72396736d31653 14be64e9a25/index.html [mirrordot.org]

Re:Performance rating - level info

[Marbleless]

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url= /library/en-us/winsat/winsat/winsatinfolevel1_stru ct.asp [microsoft.com] for a summary on what the various levels need.

Re:coral cahced

[AhuraMazda]

the posted site seems to be out but this works http://www.x64bit.net/site/board/index.php?showtop ic=2201 [x64bit.net] PS Thanks parent!

More Screenshots

[ewithrow]

Here's another page with screenshots, as the story link seems to be /.ed:

http://www.msblog.org/album/thumbnails.php?album=1 6 [msblog.org]

Windows Vista sidebar for Windows XP

[ranathari]

The Windows Vista sidebar has already been ported to Windows XP. You can find a download link here [tech-recipes.com] along with installation instructions. More widgets and gadgets for the sidebar can be found here [aeroxp.net].

I tried it and it just doesn't do anything for me that can't already be done in Windows XP without taking up more screen-space.

Re:First thoughts

[amliebsch]

In the third [screen]shot down, the windows stacked at a 3-D angle looks horrible. It might amuse little kids for a while though (clippy all over again)

What in the world does clippy have to do with this? Suspend judgement on this one until you see it in action. (There are demos at Channel9 if you are really interested.) It's a mode that's activated by a certain hotkey. While you hold the key down, you can use your mouse wheel or keys to flip through the stack of windows. Then when you let go of the hotkey, the one on top of the stack comes to the front. It actually looks pretty handy, like a 3D Alt+Tab.

Re:They're at it again.

[coffeechica]

But how many people will use MSN search? I'm gradually converting anyone whose PC I can get at to Firefox, and as far as I can tell hardly anyone has figured out what the box in the upper right corner is for. It's painful to watch how they'll open a tab and type in the Google URL instead of simply using the search box, even after it's been pointed out to them.

Re:3D flip?

[dioscaido]

I agree MS isn't doing a great job at synthesizing what's new in Vista. There are so many updates/redesigns/new features across the board in all aspects of the OS, that it's honestly a little hard to put it all in one place. But here's my try at some of the basics:

At a high level, here are some of the new features (not an exhaustive list):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/eval uate/overvw.mspx [microsoft.com]

Deeper into the new security features:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/eval uate/feat/secfeat.mspx [microsoft.com]

Deeper into the new networking features (in a nutshell, there's a lot more since this was written):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/netwo rk/evaluate/new_network.mspx [microsoft.com]

There are obviously tons of kernel improvements, a new driver infrastructure, the new presentation framework, and system-wide search built-in.

On the client side, new versions of Media Center (great new UI, handles cable cards), new Media Player, a DVD maker, a calendaring app, a sidebar for creating gadets (yes, a la OSX), improved photo handling. Setup has also been improved, both in time (staged builds take >45 minutes to complete), and simplicity (only a few targeted questions at the start and end, no need to stick around during the actual install).

There's more, but that's a gist of some of the new features.

Re:Looks more like a Linux desktop all the time

[hackstraw]

For all its eye-candy, OS X does almost no translucency, except on the dock.

Translucency is built into OS X and hardware accelerated. Expose, the dock, SVG icons, terminal window, etc. use them. There are themes that you can get 3rd part to add more translucency if you want.

The day that Apple decides to by default make window titles and borders semi-translucent with a nice blurring feature and hides the title of background windows and all that jazz, I'll go back to a Linux desktop.

The screenshots (mostly slashdotted) here, http://www.msblog.org/album/displayimage.php?album =16&pos=0 [msblog.org], are not very flattering, and there are only a couple of windows open at a time.

Re:Remote Exploits? Poor user security model?

[Immercenary_2000]

Have you tried Notepad++ ? It's Free (both speech and beer for windows) and has a lot of features that windows notepad doesn't have such as syntax highlighting.

Re:Microsoft the in[n]ovator

[1u3hr]

Opera's feature, and improved it by only blocking windows while the page loads...., Opera's implementation sucked. I went with Mozilla's implementation because it didn't block new windows opened by me.

To clarify, "sucked" is in the past tense; Opera doesn't do that now.

Re:Wow

[jcorno]

No screenshots, but they both got fancy new 3D icons [mirrordot.net].

Re:Movies please anyone?

[amliebsch]

Here's a demo of the WPF, which is the display engine used by the shell and programs: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=1706 70 [msdn.com]

Here's an older video looking at a build of the shell UI:http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=1 14694 [msdn.com]

Re:Looks more like a Linux desktop all the time

[be-fan]

Have you ever used an OS X machine? OS X has been fully composited since 10.0. If you make a terminal transparent in OS X, you can play a video under it and see the video moving through the terminal window.

DR17 Ripoff..

[DysonSphere]

Amazing how much it looks like Enlightenment. Has anyone checked for Rasterman's comments in the code ;-)