Re:If you love Windows XP, you’ll hate Windows 7
by mynameishere on Thursday January 01, 2009 @10:53PM
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Why is it amazing? It's a one-checkbox option to get rid of 10 years of candyland-style aesthetic mistakes. The underlying OS has nothing to do with transparent windows and pastels.
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Re:If you love Windows XP, you’ll hate Windows 7
by dcurtis on Friday January 02, 2009 @12:34AM
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For 99% of users, the OS is the transparent windows and colors and user flow.
No one cares about the "underlying OS" as long as the experience of using it is good.
The reason I think it's amazing is because they have managed to add all of the new effects/colors/transitions in Vista/xp/7 while maintaining compatibility with a UI that is ten years old.