I'm playing with MS Longhorn right now

[Taverner]

Jeezycreezy this sucks

They have anti-aliased the text to death - to the point that it gives you headaches

And they have hidden everything you'd want to configure so you have to go searching for all that shit.

WHAT THE FUCK????

I mean, what does Microsoft not trust us enough to be able to use the "My Computer" icon without having to go digging for it????

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Yeah, I played with it a bit last summer

Not enough to form an opinion though.

[trotsky]

2. Sounds like it's everything I hate about XP, only worse!

Ugh, thanks for the heads up.

[Goldmund]

3. They're trying to take over the Mac demographic

:evilgrin:

[emulatorloo]

15. this mac user can't put up with MS Windows incessant helping

Whenever I use my XP box I wanna scream, "Just let me get my work done and leave me alone -- STOP HELPING!!!!!"

[ET Awful]

4. Well, to be honest, if I could hide the "My Computer" icon

from most of my users without them going insane, I would :).

[Taverner]

5. You must work in IT

It's not the desktops that are broken...it's the USERS!!!

[ET Awful]

6. Well it sure as hell ain't the computer's fault when a user says

"Hey, I don't need this folder that says "Program Files" I think I'll delete it."

:evilgrin:

[Taverner]

7. This is true

Luckily my days in IT, everyone was smart enough to not do that, or eliminate the /usr/bin folder on the Macs I supported.

"It's a bin - like a trash bin - I'll clean it out"

[ET Awful]

8. Hehehe.

Why is there an icon in the MS Office folder that says Word? There's already a Word icon on my desktop . . . DEL

[crispini]

9. I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Microsoft doesn't know crap about making usable software.

-- Crispini, 7+ years of UI design experience.

[I Know How To Do it]

10. I have a feeling Longhorn will be service packed to hell.

It's not delivering what MS promised and being distributed half assed.

[swag]

11. Every time you figure out the fucked up interfaces, they fuck it up worse.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

12. Never get a Microsoft product until the first Service Pack comes

out.

[Taverner]

13. Well luckily I'm using this in a VM

And I can whack the Virtual Disk at will...VM's are awesome things.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

14. I think I'll try it. How can I get a trial download of Longhorn?

[Taverner]

16. Not sure

We have a MSDN subscription - that's how I got mine

But I'm sure there are copies out there if you know how to look <nudge nudge, wink wink>

[UncleSepp]

20. Oh please don't encourage that

Lord only knows what one will end up with.

[no name no slogan]

19. If it's MS, it won't be usable until v3.x

I thought that was common knowledge. But some people never listen, do they? :P

[texas1928]

17. Keep it up and you will need glasses.

MAN

[Taverner]

18. If only it were that enjoyable...