Comments on: Microsoft PDC: Windows 7, Office 14 take the stage

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[ppgreat]

"New to Windows 7."

Not new to other OSes. At the very least, questionably helpful in most instances. And how big do our monitors have to become to handle all of these ribbons and gizmos constantly popping up on the screen??

[lugnut64x]

Get a moniter with a better resolution.

[timber2005]

1024*786

[ncalishome]

"ribbons and gizmos constantly popping up on the screen" what are you referring to?

[mpitogo]

You'll probably need to get a big 30" 2560x1600 and a lot of monitor wipes. With Windows 7 you'll be touching, poking, prodding and swiping your monitor. A fun thing to do from clean hands to dirty fingers but will likely irk the few who likes smudge and dust free displays.

[skydart]

hmmm . . . . still trying to look and function like a Mac. Gotta Love it!

[compudoc318]

if it really wanted to function like a mac, it would need boot camp to have another os do the real work when its os falls short...........

[Penguinisto]

@"compudoc318": well, it is "real work" for a computer to spend all those CPU cycles in running a bloated OS (Vista), acting as a local botnet zombie, and still have cycles left over to do whatever the user might want to do with it... ;)

[timber2005]

"Sinofsky's talking about the focus in Windows 8 on improving the fundamentals of the operating system, things like improving performance, decreasing the time it takes "
Should that say Windows 7????

[Jon Skillings]

You're right - that reference at 9:35 a.m. should be Windows 7. We've fixed that in the story. Thanks for the catch!

[Penguinisto]

Ah, the fanboys rush the the defense.

Me, I'll wait and see what it looks like once it finally does come out.

To be honest though - the comment about desktop real estate was spot-on. Unless Windows 7 users get very used to multiple virtual desktops or very used to whatever the Windows version of the OSX Expose' is called, be prepared to get a larger screen. For those who told the guy just up the res? Sure - and maybe the monitors will come with a complimentary magnifying glass attached to it with a cord for the millions of non-tech-oriented folks who will suddenly be forced to read much a smaller font size. ;)

[jcook_identitymine]

Ina Fried, regarding your question:

"why aren't we seeing more of these Windows Presentation Foundation applications? They look super cool, but I only ever see them at Microsoft developer conferences."

Great question, indeed, but actually, there actually are lots and lots of WPF applications in the marketplace right now. What I believe you really ask is: "why aren't there more Windows applications with impressive user interfaces?" The answer lies in looking at the history of the tools that have been available to create UI for Windows applications. As a WPF developer and designer, as well as a Flash/Flex developer and designer, I provide some insight into this question on my blog.

http://uihero.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/where-are-all-the-cool-wpf-applications-we-were-promised