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Do you like windows??
Poll ended at 27 May 2013, 4:22 pm
I use it regularly, it is my favourite operating system 30%  30%  [ 39 ]
I only use it because i dont know how to use any others 5%  5%  [ 7 ]
I have a dual boot and use two operating systems 16%  16%  [ 20 ]
I only use it because of its compatibility 17%  17%  [ 22 ]
I dont like and i dont use it 23%  23%  [ 30 ]
I dont really mind 8%  8%  [ 10 ]
Total votes : 128

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17 Aug 2012, 1:44 pm

I personally like the ribbon UI. Should the UI be user selectable? Probably. OOO's UI is inferior to early 2000s Office anyway. My confusion at how anyone could prefer OOO to Office lives on.

Win7 seems pretty compact and straightforward to me, including the Aero widgets, but I run everything at 1080p and you may be running a low resolution. If that's the case, Aero is clunkier than traditional Win2k. At 1080p on a 15" laptop I feel no urge to switch back, the only issue I have with it is it feels a little dated compared to MacOS, but then MacOS is no spring chicken.



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17 Aug 2012, 6:46 pm

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Get a book on UI, I don't need to educate you.

I don't need to. I've used both commercial and FOSS UIs and I find them to be similar in terms of usability. You're the one claiming that FOSS UIs are inferior. Commercial UIs are flashier perhaps but it makes no difference in terms of how useful the program is.



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17 Aug 2012, 6:50 pm

Fogman wrote:
My issue with the Win7 UI, is that it's a continuation of the Aero UI from Vista with the glaring exception that it cannot be completely rolled back to a basic Win2k style interface. The clunky Aero style Taskbar, Start Menu, and Compositing can no longer be turned off completely. -- You are now stuck with them and the rescources that they consume.


That's another issue with commercial software in general. It tends to be much less customizable than FOSS. FOSS programs are often highly customizable but if you don't like the way things are in a commercial application you're often out of luck.



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17 Aug 2012, 8:32 pm

2fefd8 wrote:
Fogman wrote:
My issue with the Win7 UI, is that it's a continuation of the Aero UI from Vista with the glaring exception that it cannot be completely rolled back to a basic Win2k style interface. The clunky Aero style Taskbar, Start Menu, and Compositing can no longer be turned off completely. -- You are now stuck with them and the rescources that they consume.


That's another issue with commercial software in general. It tends to be much less customizable than FOSS. FOSS programs are often highly customizable but if you don't like the way things are in a commercial application you're often out of luck.


True - the stuff tends to be more customizable and there is something to be said for that. However I am going to have to agree to disagree with the previous poster that it is as convenient to use.



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17 Aug 2012, 9:25 pm

Some GUI from opensource software are awful. They refactored the UI of blender, but I learnt blender with the old ui which was awful. The new UI is prettier, but still awful. I can't discover all the function using the mouse alone, I need to know the secret keyboard shorcut if I want to use the new blender with all its functions. The new version will be better, but I don't know if the discoverability regressions will be resolved.
Also, the new Visual Studio is out, with express edition too. edit: visual studio express for desktop is not yet released.