13-03-2004 23:36									#151
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Here is my desktop. Hope the owners won't be too offended. The nudity is, errr, artistic.

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	14-03-2004 00:20									#152
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Wasn't talking about taste or how pretty it looks, I'm talking about the massive waste of screen realestate and generally how awful the new finder is.

That article seems to be talking about the old Finder. Some of the things he complains about have been rectified in the current version. And it looks like Apple has listened to him, as the new Finder is much more itunes like.

	14-03-2004 00:25									#153
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay

awesome bg.

	14-03-2004 01:32									#154
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon In which M$ has seen fit to rip off the appearance of the Panther Finder.

Huh? It looks nothing like the Panther finder. What, exactly, looks similar?

quote: Anyway, the lack of originality at Redmond is amusing

Evidently, it's not as original as you are, seeing as the two look nothing alike.

That said, I'm not a fan of the new interface shown in the screenshots for Longhorn. Fortunately, they are easily set back to Classic mode, and, more importantly, those screenshots aren't of Avalon and Aero, which are only built in the HCI labs at MS right now. All of the released ones still use GDI+ and placeholders.

Their rationale for not releasing the Avalon/Aero ones to the public, is that it's possible for Apple to once again copy it and release it about a year before MS does.

	14-03-2004 06:34									#155
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quote: In which M$ has seen fit to rip off the appearance of the Panther Finder.

you mean the brushed metal?

quote: [moron]Duh... What's a shared folder? I need an acre of screen real estate to tell me.[/moron]

	14-03-2004 07:45									#156
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed quote: In which M$ has seen fit to rip off the appearance of the Panther Finder. you mean the brushed metal?

That's about the most minor thing.

Anyway, who cares about software that no one will actually be able to buy until 2007.

	14-03-2004 07:58									#157
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What, exactly, is similar about the two? How on Earth do you draw the conclusion that MS is ripping Apple's Finder UI off?

	14-03-2004 08:04									#158
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Mmm I think I got it figured out this time... here goes nothing...

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	14-03-2004 08:27									#159
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Meh.

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	14-03-2004 10:11									#160
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wonderful desktop St Leo where do you get such great icons?

	14-03-2004 11:54									#161
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Such great, pixilated icons!

	14-03-2004 13:48									#162
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Life is good - I went to get some new wallpaper and I see one of my composited pics has made the Apple Collection this week.

Anyway, this is not it.

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	14-03-2004 13:58									#163
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This was my AC compo

How can you guys live with a desktop full of aliases?

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	14-03-2004 14:32									#164
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* Asher notices Aggie is ignoring something again.

	14-03-2004 22:07									#165
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well, isn't it usually someone?

	15-03-2004 01:46									#166
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quote: Originally posted by Chilean President wonderful desktop St Leo where do you get such great icons?

- This Computer by Multivitamin
- Internet Explorer by Weboso
- Sympatico by Carlitus (from KDE Noia Warm)
- Opera by Weboso
- Thunderbird Mail by Mattahan
- Trillian by Weboso
- Winamp5 by Multivitamin
- Cygwin by Mattahan
- Recycle Bin by Mikkel Madsen
- Windows Explorer by Mattahan

	15-03-2004 03:18									#167
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My current laptop desktop.

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	15-03-2004 06:12									#168
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My eyes! My eyes!

	15-03-2004 06:14									#169
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quote: Originally posted by Asher * Asher notices Aggie is ignoring something again.

Look at it you doofus.

	15-03-2004 06:16									#170
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I love blue.

	15-03-2004 06:17									#171
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Look at it you doofus.

I have, and I honestly have no idea why you think MS is ripping off the Finder.

If it's so obvious, why is it so difficult for you to say it?

	15-03-2004 06:19									#172
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Agathon is saying that Microsoft is ripping off Finder's Brushed Metal appearance.

	15-03-2004 06:23									#173
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Two points...

One, I'm glad to see that Aggie has a folder devoted to me on his desktop. I love you, too.

Two, use of random Chinese characters for decorative purposes is ****ing gay. Do you laugh at hilarious Engrish phrases? If so, please understand that you're doing the same thing...

	15-03-2004 06:32									#174
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quote: Originally posted by St Leo Agathon is saying that Microsoft is ripping off Finder's Brushed Metal appearance.

1. That's not brushed metal
2. What's being seen in the screenshots has been repeatedly and clearly labeled as placeholders. What he's referring to is called "Plex" is will not be part of a shipping Longhorn system.

The current screenshots are of Plex on GDI+.
Longhorn will ship with Aero on Avalon.

	15-03-2004 06:38									#175
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Two, use of random Chinese characters for decorative purposes is ****ing gay. Do you laugh at hilarious Engrish phrases? If so, please understand that you're doing the same thing...

I don't understand what it says, but it looks ****ing cool. That's all I really care about.

I do laugh at Engrish, but only insofar that I know what it means.

Are you saying the characters in the picture are poor Chinese?

	15-03-2004 06:40									#176
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Wouldn't you consider random English words displayed on a desktop to be poor English?

	15-03-2004 06:41									#177
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By the way, the desktop pic was a takeoff of The Matrix.

You don't see me throwing a hissy fit because the 0s and 1s in The Matrix don't make any sense.

	15-03-2004 06:43									#178
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I don't see anyone throwing a hissy fit.

	15-03-2004 06:43									#179
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Wouldn't you consider random English words displayed on a desktop to be poor English?

No, because they are obviously not intended to be a sentence or in prose. It becomes art at that point.

	15-03-2004 06:44									#180
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten I don't see anyone throwing a hissy fit.

I see somebody objecting to it and calling it "****ing gay".

As far as I care that's a hissy fit, seeing as it doesn't concern you at all, yet you still felt the need to object to it.