Comments on: Flashy Copenhagen UX concept, white paper made available

By: Fedge

Fedge — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

As long as there’s still an option to turn it off, I could really care less what bouncy cartoon crap they add to the UI. It won’t be showing on my screen. My Vista installations look and work as closely to the original Win95 setup as possible. I’m disappointed that they went and botched the explorer layout and renamed a bunch of the classic control panels in Vista and would like to change it back. Oh well. I’m kinda used to that now.

By: john

john — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

i REALLY hope this becomes the final windows 8

if not, i’m still sure that windows 8 will have a lot of goodies

By: Elric

Elric — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

One word…. YUK!!

And DOUBLE YUK to OS X!!

By: Matthew Connelly

Matthew Connelly — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Nice, but, why would you want to keep microsoft software running on every computer? Doesn’t MS have a big enough monopoly already, with what, 85% of the market or somesuch?
(I’m more or less a linux user that dabbles into windows whenever there’s a beta to try)

By: The Copenhagen User Experience | imartien.com

The Copenhagen User Experience | imartien.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] across this video on Rafeal Rivera’s blog, it’s an interesting concept video by some guy named Cullen Dudas on how he thinks the [...]

By: Pilfinger

Pilfinger — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Uhhh, I’m all dizzy from the zoom-zomm wow!
Animations within the ui are not bad as such, the line between enhancing usability and being in the way however is very thin. In this case it was crossed miles ago.
As Jesper said os x is better, but even here it can clearly be discussed if the line of usability has been crossed. I’m looking forward to see what Apple will bring up in the next major revision of their ui (not Snow Leopard).

Great concept, push the envelope!

Greetings
Pilfinger, Denmark
(Hi Jesper)

By: Jesper Simonsen

Jesper Simonsen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

All too much cluttering up the desktop!
I like the MAC OS X much better!
But there is still room for improvement.
I want smaller and much more sleak window frames and buttons, more neutral grey/silver look,
nicer and real rendered drop shadows and transperency etc.
More customizeable please.

But anyways, cool work copenhagen guys.

greetings
Jesper, Denmark
(Windows Vista SP2 user)

By: Anders Bitsch

Anders Bitsch — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I really like the idea of stacking stuff instead of creating folders all over the place! I also like the compact start menu. Personly i never use the “latest used programs” menu. If I need a program i’ll ether create a shortcut to the desktop or write the name in the seach-bar.

A lot of good ideas, the rest is just another skin.. Keep focusing on the actual using part rather than graphics.

By: Tim Wendel

Tim Wendel — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Lol uTorrent.

I like this and I don’t like this.

If I had the choice, I’d go back to progman. Each Windows version, while increasing usability and security, just adds another layer of confusion to the end user, even Windows enthusiasts…

By: Lifting the lid on Windows 8 “Copenhagen” concepts

Lifting the lid on Windows 8 “Copenhagen” concepts — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] have a wealth of publicity associated with his name. He is known by many but for no one reason, and this young lad keeps mostly to himself… until [...]

By: Don Burnett

Don Burnett — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

As a UX designer who has over 20 years experience in the field, these concepts don’t speak much to me.. I wonder why you are floating this around..

By: Rob Storm

Rob Storm — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

At least uTorrent seems to work! :)

By: Matt Sharpe

Matt Sharpe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Some bits of this look interesting but it’s not nearly as exciting as the old Longhorn videos were.

I liked the logon screen until the fast user switching bit.

By: Fei

Fei — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Two elements are essential: 1) keep the smooth level of win7. 2) make the window frame thinner (large window frame only occupies the workspace and is not suitable for netbook).
Personally, to be honest, I don’t really like start-menu. But well done, and keep working!

By: jason

jason — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Cool features, nicely done! Who cares what it looks like if the functionality is there.

By: Windows 8 “Copenhagen” concepts [Novice] | Taranfx: Technology Blog

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] have a wealth of publicity associated with his name. He is known by many but for no one reason, and this young lad keeps mostly to himself… until [...]

By: Lifting the lid on Windows 8 "Copenhagen" concepts | iGeneration | ZDNet.com

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] have a wealth of publicity associated with his name. He is known by many but for no one reason, and this young lad keeps mostly to himself… until [...]

By: Jote

Jote — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I can’t seem to download the white paper. The “download” link gives me either 404 or “page cannot be displayed”. Rafael, any chance you could e-mail this to the e-mail address specified in this form?

By: Laslow

Laslow — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

@Spackie – This isn’t anything from Microsoft. They’ve had nothing to do with it. If you read up on it, it’s just a UI concept by an enthusiast.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It’s neat to look at but this screams, “look at what I can do with flash” more than, “here’s some real usability that would benefit Windows users.” While Cullen has indeed cooked up something flashy, I’m with Imran in that he’s probably just trying to woo Microsoft for a job on the WEX team. Either way, do what works!

-Stephen

By: scottath

scottath — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I love it !!!

Can someone make it for real……(or release it)

By: Spackie

Spackie — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

More frustration from Microsoft …why are we traveling all over the screen again??? If it wasn’t bad enough with Microsoft MOVING the “Show Desktop” icon amongst other things way way over the to the other side of the screen. Why? Why? Why?

By: pizzaboy192

pizzaboy192 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I just watched this concept and i…. (I can’t bring myself to finish the song)
I like most of it, The ability to seperate all 3 parts of the taskbar would be extremely useful seeing as some people would love to have one part on one screen, and another on a second or third screen… I like the notification area’s design, looks nice to fit the rest of the OS mockup.
I don’t think the logon screen would be too useful though, it seems just a little too flashy… Mebbe that is just me though…

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Kinda boring. Old Longhorn videos were much more appealing.

That whitepaper has some crazy references with journal articles. Those social scienes are not real sciences.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

This to me looks almost exactly like the old Longhorn videos… sigh