• Windows 8
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I actually really like 8's simple blur. I have it uncoloured and I think I don't think it is particularly metro unfriendly either. So that's kind of disappointing.
I'm pretty much fine with Windows 8 UI as it is now, with it being matte, and not glossy. The only thing I dislike is how the icons are still glossy on the taskbar.
I actually liked how Metro overall looks, but I really hate the new window chrome.
One problem I've had is when games crash (off the top of my head I know that at least Max Payne 3 and Far Cry 2 have this issue) I have no way of closing them. I can start task manager, but the game always remains on top regardless of what has focus, so I have to reboot. Did not have this problem in Win7
I actually think I'll be keeping my window borders white like in the image where they first showed it. I just reckon it looks much nicer that way.
It's like Windows Classic all over again. Only looks good in it's original color.
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;36323646]It's like Windows Classic all over again. Only looks good in it's original color.[/QUOTE] Windows Classic looked good in Rainy Day too.
[QUOTE=Panda X;36325399]Windows Classic looked good in Rainy Day too.[/QUOTE] Okay then, some exceptions.
[QUOTE=Noi;36326321][URL="http://www.kde.org/"]Well[/URL][/QUOTE] Default KDE looks nothing like metro. Nor does xfce, fluxbox, blackbox or other countless WMs
Maybe he meant that you could use KDE to replace the original DE.
[QUOTE=Panda X;36325399]Windows Classic looked good in Rainy Day too.[/QUOTE] Rainy day still looks bad, in my opinion.
I wish somebody would port Windows 8 DP's Aero theme to Windows 7, that was my favorite Aero Theme.
[QUOTE=P320;36333190]I wish somebody would port Windows 8 DP's Aero theme to Windows 7, that was my favorite Aero Theme.[/QUOTE] I do believe you can find a few on DeviantArt.
I'm always a sucker for matte. Bonus points if it's got a pixel-art influence.
Seeing things like this always annoy me because it shows what it could have been instead of what it will be: [url]http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1084385-microsoft-this-is-what-metro-ui-on-desktop-should-look-like-community-concept/[/url]
[QUOTE=Panda X;36335772]Seeing things like this always annoy me because it shows what it could have been instead of what it will be: [url]http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1084385-microsoft-this-is-what-metro-ui-on-desktop-should-look-like-community-concept/[/url][/QUOTE] Maybe they'll get it right with 9.
[QUOTE=Panda X;36335772]Seeing things like this always annoy me because it shows what it could have been instead of what it will be: [url]http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1084385-microsoft-this-is-what-metro-ui-on-desktop-should-look-like-community-concept/[/url][/QUOTE] Watching cool videos of Longhorn tripped me out, only to see 90% of the cool shit stripped from it before we got Vista. *Ragefist* And I miss Vista's sidebar, I hate Windows covering my gadgets, and vice-versa.
[QUOTE=Panda X;36335772]Seeing things like this always annoy me because it shows what it could have been instead of what it will be: [url]http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1084385-microsoft-this-is-what-metro-ui-on-desktop-should-look-like-community-concept/[/url][/QUOTE] Got Steve Balmers phone number handy? I want to berate him for not using this.
[QUOTE=Panda X;34513859][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/Cm2ZMf.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] You deserve more than 24 winners for that.
Hey guys, I'd just like to say that despite all my hatred toward all the new changes in Windows 8, I've finally started using it on my main desktop, natively not in a VM, and it is [B]lightning[/B] fast. I think I can get used to the changes if it'll stay this fast after using it for a couple of months. EDIT: Also, the new Task Manager is pretty slick.
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;36338590]Hey guys, I'd just like to say that despite all my hatred toward all the new changes in Windows 8, I've finally started using it on my main desktop, natively not in a VM, and it is [B]lightning[/B] fast. I think I can get used to the changes if it'll stay this fast after using it for a couple of months. EDIT: Also, the new Task Manager is pretty slick.[/QUOTE] Fun fact: there's some Metro apps that use [b]more memory[/b] than the entire OS. Think about that for a minute.
Aren't there enough 'desktop' apps that use more memory than the entire OS?
[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;36338590]Hey guys, I'd just like to say that despite all my hatred toward all the new changes in Windows 8, I've finally started using it on my main desktop, natively not in a VM, and it is [B]lightning[/B] fast. I think I can get used to the changes if it'll stay this fast after using it for a couple of months. EDIT: Also, the new Task Manager is pretty slick.[/QUOTE] the consumer preview was still really fast on my old computer after a few months of use. [editline]15th June 2012[/editline] which is pretty much unprecedented
[QUOTE=Darkwater124;36340265]Aren't there enough 'desktop' apps that use more memory than the entire OS?[/QUOTE] I feel as if some developers these days don't care about memory usage since a lot of people have several GBs. Which is unfortunate.
[QUOTE=Panda X;36344027]I feel as if some developers these days don't care about memory usage since a lot of people have several GBs. Which is unfortunate.[/QUOTE] Optimization takes a backseat to pushing something out the door. It's sad, really... It causes a huge problem in the gaming industry, that it takes a PC several times as powerful as a console to render the same graphics settings in a standard port, because people simply don't optimize.
do the scrollbars in windows 8 feel massive to anyone else?
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;36345473]do the scrollbars in windows 8 feel massive to anyone else?[/QUOTE] The sysmetrics for the scrollbar are still 17px wide and 17px high (arrow button). Maybe it's the image that just makes it look larger? IE and Metro Apps do however have larger arrow buttons for touch, but everything else it's still the same.
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;36345473]do the scrollbars in windows 8 feel massive to anyone else?[/QUOTE] What.. if anything they look skinnier.
then I guess its just windows scrollbars' period. Meh, I'm probably just spoiled by the thin scrollbar extension for Chrome and Ubuntu's ayatana overlay scrollbars (which are brilliant and wish I could use on Windows) Nevermind me, then.
[QUOTE=Foda;36339982]Fun fact: there's some Metro apps that use [b]more memory[/b] than the entire OS. Think about that for a minute.[/QUOTE] In a world where 8GB is the "desktop standard", nobody really gives a fuck. Just sayin'.
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