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As a matter of fact, XP's look is not professional enough for the business environment, anyway.
XP's new look was designed around Fitts' Law to make it more functional.
Businesses know how to turn it back to the Windows Classic theme in less than 2 seconds, too.
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Why not? I love it. It runs perfectly on every system I've installed it on.
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Originally posted by Asher
XP's new look was designed around Fitts' Law to make it more functional.
Since Fitt's Law is a subjective measure, each and every opinion is eqaually valid. Or, in other words, nobody gives a hoot.
Originally posted by Asher
Businesses know how to turn it back to the Windows Classic theme in less than 2 seconds, too.
I was referring to the "Classic" theme.
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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Since Fitt's Law is a subjective measure, each and every opinion is eqaually valid. Or, in other words, nobody gives a hoot.
Fitts' law is not subjective.
It simply states that the lower the distance and the bigger the target area, the less time is required. That's why the Luna interface has bigger buttons. Less distance and bigger area.
I was referring to the "Classic" theme.
Huh?
What's wrong with the "Classic" theme that's unsuitable for businesses?
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Originally posted by Rothy
Windows XP will allow the government to control your mind, BeBro
I thought all Microsoft products and mobile phones did that. Do you mean I've been wearing a steel helmet for the past 3 years for no reason at all?
EDIT: This Fitts Law stuff is all very well, but if you use a trackball it becoms rather meaningless
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All programs can be installed in a way that every use access their own workspace, the reason most don't is because they were designed for Win98 or older Windows OSes where there was one workspace...
WinXP fully supports the concept of multiple users and multiple workspaces -- why don't you try using it on a huge network and see how it works.
You point out the problem: Older applications created for a single workspace. If M$ wants to transform a single- into a multi-user system, they has to take care of such things. You can't change the old application, thus it has to be that the change of the user is transparent to the application. M$ failed here. I had to install Origin (quite recent version) in my user directory to be able to call it as user.
After all, again it looks as another attempt to block off competitors.
Why doing it the easy way if it is possible to do it complicated?
Programs are designed that way for a reason, if MS forced all programs which was designed to be used across all users rather than individually, it'd cause more problems than it'd solve. It's not MS' problem if you use old software which didn't follow MS' Guide to Windows Programming because the developers were lazy.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Originally posted by Asher
why don't you try using it on a huge network and see how it works.
Networking abilities are exactly one of the biggest weaknesses of Windows. I have seen WinXP in quite a few (usually 2000-powered) networks, and all of them were a clumsy and unperformant mess, needing full-time service, which alone costs a fortune. Nothing about the "Set up a server and forget about it" charm of the various Unices.
UR, yes I tried Windowblinds long ago, but it didn´t run well. Maybe it was an older version? I also asked for XP here to find out if there are real strong pros (compared to Win2k) except the graphics.
As it looks now, I´ll probably stay with 2k for a while....
It's not as expandable, it's not as pretty, but it does what I need it to, so why change?
Because it's a hell of alot more stable than 98 for one. I haven't had a single problem in a year now, except for my own error, but with 98 it seemed I had a system crash every 3-4 months.
Originally posted by Asher
Fitts' law is not subjective.
It simply states that the lower the distance and the bigger the target area, the less time is required. That's why the Luna interface has bigger buttons. Less distance and bigger area.
Hm, the complexity of HCI cannot be covered by any single design principle, esp. one so brief and imprecise.
Originally posted by Asher
Huh?
What's wrong with the "Classic" theme that's unsuitable for businesses?
Still looks too much like a kid's toy.
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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