A childs OS

[Frank]

Its a matter of preference. I personally like it but I guess I am not as
"professional and sophisticated" as yourself.

 

[Alan]

Paul,

Maybe they were thinking that -- since they did give the users a choice --
those who wanted the "classic" view could have that....and those who liked
"cartoonish" could have that, too.

It's called win-win.

Alan

 

[Paul]

Windows XP, with it's annoyingly bright colors and cartoonish looking icons,
looks like it was designed for a child. Thank God someone over at MS had
the smarts to give users the option of maintaining the "classic" view. What
were they thinking? This is hardly something I would expect to see in a
business or professional workplace.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Try the Olive Green color scheme; not nearly as garish.

Bruce Chambers

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[D.Currie]

I hated it when I first saw it, but then I realized how much easier it would
make it to help people on the phone. Kind of hard to miss the bright green
start button, and the "x" to close a window is pretty obvious, too.

 

[Dave]

-----Original Message-----
This is hardly something I would expect to see in a
business or professional workplace.

Your workplaces are certainly different than any of the
ones I've worked in!

 

[bierwirt]

hiya

I agree with Paul. At first, it is too much "eyegrabbing".
perhaps, an other color scheme would fix this, but at
second: it takes too much of screen space. as you might
guess I like the classic scheme better. at home I
installed a style which looks like the beta releases of
windows xp. it looks fairly pretty and plain, which do not
distract the user's view.

so long

 

[Lorne Smith]

Windows XP, with it's annoyingly bright colors and cartoonish looking icons,
looks like it was designed for a child. Thank God someone over at MS had
the smarts to give users the option of maintaining the "classic" view. What
were they thinking? This is hardly something I would expect to see in a
business or professional workplace.

People also moaned when the old Win 3x style interface was dropped for the
Win 9x style, now known as "classic". It's called progress! Personally,
I like the themeability of XP, certainly an improvement over the "classic"
stype IMHO...

Lorne

 

[me]

Windows XP, with it's annoyingly bright colors and cartoonish looking
icons, looks like it was designed for a child. Thank God someone over
at MS had the smarts to give users the option of maintaining the
"classic" view. What were they thinking? This is hardly something I
would expect to see in a business or professional workplace.

Maybe Bill Gates is the world's biggest kid but he is also the world's
richest kid too.

 

[me]

I personally like the eye candy. I ENJOY my computer. I also use it for
business purposes. I use Window Blinds 4.0, Cursor XP, FX, Icon Packager,
True Launch Bar. I have a zillion wallpapers from WebShots. I am driving
a cadillac. I don't like everything (after all I AM an American CONSUMER)
but for the most part I can live with XP's garishness AND enjoy it daily.

BTW: If you look really hard you can find some really ugly stuff to make
your 'puter more "business like".

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Please don't mention "Cadillac". My wife had an '82 Cimmaron and I am
still having nightmares about it! If XP is like a Cadillac I can see why
it's so slow!

 

[gme]

-----Original Message-----

The cartoonist look allows for many new changes that

were not available in 98/Me or 2000. It's called
progress, >Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP (minor snips made
for brevty)

Truth be told BillyG has spent a large fortune on
marketing and the cartoonist look is what the vast
majority wanted. The key word is majority of users, not
the IT community. Marketing is why there is a ballon
window in xp pro asking if the IT professional would like
a brief lesson on how to use the mouse and why the 9x
series had a dual kernel. The vast majority wanted both
the 32 bit system and the use of their creaky dos
programs.

BIllyG just gives the people what they want. Who ever
said the majority is always right needs a whupping.

 

[brian]

My friend who works in IT elected to stick with Windows
2000 instead of "upgrading" his network to XP. Every
time he comes over he accusses XP of looking too "user
friendly". Well, I always say, I am a user.

brian

 

[Bee]

Maybe Bill Gates is the world's biggest kid but he is also the world's
richest kid too.

What can be better is where the old mates with the new; it is not
successful. Witness the harsh look of the logon textbox and its surround
against the soft, elegant, modern blue-and-silver design of the rest of the
Welcome page. This part looks to me to be an afterthought, an ugly
amendment. One just hopes that there is more consistency in the new
Windows.

 

[hermes]

While listening to the voices in their head blather on endlessly about
inspecific gibberish, (e-mail address removed) typed:
::: I personally like the eye candy. I ENJOY my computer. I also use it
::: for business purposes. I use Window Blinds 4.0, Cursor XP, FX, Icon
::: Packager, True Launch Bar. I have a zillion wallpapers from
::: WebShots. I am driving a cadillac. I don't like everything (after
::: all I AM an American CONSUMER) but for the most part I can live
::: with XP's garishness AND enjoy it daily.
:::
::: BTW: If you look really hard you can find some really ugly stuff to
::: make your 'puter more "business like".
:::
::: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:::
::: Paul wrote:
:::: Windows XP, with it's annoyingly bright colors and cartoonish
:::: looking icons, looks like it was designed for a child. Thank God
:::: someone over at MS had the smarts to give users the option of
:::: maintaining the "classic" view. What were they thinking? This is
:::: hardly something I would expect to see in a business or
:::: professional workplace.
::
::
:: Please don't mention "Cadillac". My wife had an '82 Cimmaron and I am
:: still having nightmares about it! If XP is like a Cadillac I can see
:: why it's so slow!
::
:: --
:: .

The new teletubbies like look and style in XP is pure excrament IMHO!