Vista Shell Team now Blogging

davevr writes "Have you ever wanted to ask the people behind the Vista UI exactly what they were thinking when they did things like Flip 3D or the windows that turn black when maximized? Want a last chance to complain directly to the source about your favorite Vista UI glitch before it is foisted on you and the rest of the world? Just wondering what sort of people work on Windows all day? Well, look no further. The Windows Shell team now has a blog site for your reading pleasure. Head over to Shell Revealed and check it out. "

Bad name

[radicalskeptic]

"Shell Revealed"? I think "Shell Shocked" would have been a much more apt name :-/

Kitchen Computer?

[Rik Sweeney]

http://shellrevealed.com/photos/blog_images/images /584/original.aspx [shellrevealed.com]

Everytime I see this I can't help but chuckle. I can just imagine a family with their Kitchen, Bathroom and Basement Computers. I can just see the kitchen computer sending a message to the bathroom computer telling the person in there that their microwave burrito is ready...

Out Of Order

[brunes69]

I can just see the kitchen computer sending a message to the bathroom computer telling the person in there that their microwave burrito is ready...

You've got things reversed there. The microwave burrito comes first, then the bathroom.

Re:My Internal Struggle

[pubjames]

Most people action in what they, perhaps subconciously, perceive to be the best interests of themselves.

If that were true mankind would die out very quickly. Nobody would have kids.

bash in windows?

[Phantom of the Opera]

lets not get carried away here

Re:My Internal Struggle

[Otter]

I'm at a loss. I actually have to ask myself how, in good faith, a developer implemented something that either works poorly or not at all.

Man, if you have this much existential angst over unreleased software (have you even used a beta of Vista?), I sure hope you never get near Lotus Notes!

Re:Just forget it

[Ucklak]

The Genie effect being the first thing I turn off.

random response

[smcdow]

Have you ever wanted to ask the people behind the Vista UI exactly what they were thinking when they did things like Flip 3D or the windows that turn black when maximized?

No.

Re:My Internal Struggle

[littlem]

You know you're reading Slashdot when... someone says it would be in their own best interest never to have sex!

Re:Just forget it

[jo42]

Lesson to be learned here:

Never underestimate people's attraction to shiny bling.

Shallow as it may be (the bling)...

Re:Out of topic but hey

[Phantom of the Opera]

I got sick of the "FIRST POST" meme from a while back. Then my user name got truncated from 'Phantom of the Operating System' to 'Phanom of the Opera' so I had thought my account was deleted. On a whim a year ago, I tried 'Phantom of the Opera' and viola; I am back.

Re:Just forget it

[Anonymous Coward]

Big fan of Fisher-Price, are you?

The team has something to show.

[Tei]

I am much more a Ubuntu guy, but I have checked some MSDN pages about the Dont's and Do about the new UI shell.

Imho, the new shell changes adds tons of stuff new. Is a jump bigger than 2000 to XP for good. Because this people are tryiing to remove the ilogic from the dialogs, and creating tools so the applications become easyer to use, even for newbies.

Seems that maybe the core will not be a huge change for Vista, but the Shell will be a revolution. A good one. I am happy about that because I become bored withouth refreshing stuff on the computing scene :D

CONGRATULATIONS MICROSOFT!!

And, while I am at it. Can somehome at Microsoft send me a working CD-KEY for XP Pro? this dawn FCKW key.. my email is [e-mail]

Re:Just forget it

[yo_tuco]

"Nobody can name a single benifit of Vista for Internet usage, playing music or watching movies."

I bet the RIAA and MPAA could name a few.