<Date: 2010-07-30>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows 7>
Steve Ballmer isn’t one to be impressed easily. When he said that iPad sold more than he would have liked, it was obvious he doesn’t like it. He is representative of the general approach towards tablets/slates by Microsoft. They just don’t get them. Cramming a desktop operating system since more than a decade into a tablet hasn’t been fruitful for them, but still this is the strategy they’re gunning for to take down the iPad. Yes, it’s stupid but funny at the same time.
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Permalink: Microsoft’s plan for an ‘iPad Killer’ is Windows 7 on a Slate. Not too Good.
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<Date: 2009-11-10>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7>
Aero Shake is one of the coolest features in Windows 7 that lets you shake on application’s Windows which minimizes the everything else. It’s really awesome and has been shown in Windows 7 advertisements too. Ever wondered about the developers who worked on this innovative feature? Song Zou, principle development lead for the Windows Core Experience Team and a Microsoftie for 12 years helped create the Windows 7 taskbar as well as the Aero Shake feature. Read more...
Permalink: The man who helped create ‘Aero Shake’ in Windows 7
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<Date: 2009-07-28>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Internet>
A few day ago, Firefox 3.7 mockups were discovered which made good use of Aero Glass available in Windows Vista and 7. Now, mockups for Firefox 4.0 have surfaced on the Mozilla Wiki which aren’t too different than the previous ones, but show some interesting new additions to the UI. Two versions are proposed, the conventional Tabs on bottom, and the Chrome like tabs on top. The stop and go buttons as well as the location of Tools button really seems inspired from Google Chrome. After Safari 4, Firefox seems to be taking some lessons from Chrome over browser UI.
Check out the complete mockups below. But let’s hope that they fix the memory issues with Firefox before changing the UI. Read more...
Permalink: Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups
<Date: 2009-07-20>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Internet>
Firefox 3.7 might have full support for Aero glass in Windows Vista and 7 as evident from some mockups available in the Mozilla Wiki. These are only mockups of what it might look like, but don’t raise your expectations to high. Mozilla had claimed to make Firefox 3 resemble the UI of different operating systems, but so far they didn’t get it right for Vista and XP despite many releases. Read more...
Permalink: Firefox 3.7 might have an Aero Glass supported theme in Vista and 7
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<Date: 2009-07-12>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: Windows>
fitret, the Program Manager for Xbox 360 posted a new picture of the Zune HD, a few days ago on Twitter. The image shows Zune Marketplace. As expected it matches the rest of the UI. All fitret says about the Zune HD is Read more...
Permalink: New Zune HD image with Marketplace
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