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Microsoft: Windows 7 GUI Was Not Copied from Mac OS X

Microsoft managed to pour more fuel on the fire driving the perspective that the Redmond company is no longer an innovator but just a follower, by noting that the Windows 7 graphical user interface (GUI) was borrowed from Mac OS X. The software giant was accused on various occasions that it was down-right c...

12 November 2009
01:35 GMT

Download Free Windows 7 RTM GUI Ribbon/Fluent Samples

Among the many enhancements that Windows 7 brings to the table is the evolution of graphical user interfaces and natural user interfaces as far as Windows clients are concerned. One of the key aspects of this evolution is the Ribbon/Fluent graphical user interface. Microsoft introduced the Ribbon GUI for the first ti...

19 October 2009
13:41 GMT

Firefox 4.0 GUI Redesign for Windows 7

It has already been confirmed that Mozilla is cooking a redesign of the graphical user interface for the next iterations of its open-source browser. Mockups have already been made public for Firefox 3.7 running on top of the Windows operating system. However, Mozilla has now taken it to the next level and unveiled pl...

28 July 2009
02:52 GMT

Firefox 3.7 GUI Redesign for Windows 7, Vista and XP

Mozilla plans to redesign the graphical user interface of future versions of its open source browser for the Windows operating system. In fact, the initial themes for the Windows theme revamping have already been published, are available via Mozilla Wiki, and are included at the bottom of this article. According to M...

20 July 2009
11:55 GMT

Sneak Peek: Visual Studio 2010 Graphical User Interface

Microsoft is not only cooking the next iteration of Windows client and server operating systems, but also the next version of development solutions tailored to the Windows platforms. The Redmond company already announced that the successor of Visual Studio 2008 would be Visual Studio 2010, and the VSLive! Conference ...

25 February 2009
06:17 GMT

Windows 7 UI Scenic Ribbon

An integral part of the evolution Microsoft is attempting to catalyze for the Windows client via the move from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is to scrap the traditional graphical user interface associated with the programs running on top of the operating system for the style introduced with Office 2007 Ribbon/Fluent UI....

28 November 2008
15:01 GMT

Five Reasons to Choose OS X

People will always write articles about which operating system is better. While making comparisons, let’s say, between Windows and OS X, will surely make you a target of fans of either the former or the latter (depending on your approach), I think that stating the obvious pros in regard to OS X will only make ...

26 November 2008
13:11 GMT

Windows 7 User Interface and Interaction

Windows 7 will undoubtedly take the graphical user interface and the interaction model to the next level not only as far as the Windows client is concerned, but also in terms of the content designed to integrate seamlessly with the operating system. Previews of what Windows client applications will look and feel like...

11 November 2008
14:21 GMT

The Windows 7 Desktop

Microsoft is laboring to deliver a new level of personalization, choice and control with the Windows 7 desktop, according to Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, Steven Sinofsky. The new graphical user interface designed for the next iteration of the Windows client made its first appeara...

3 November 2008
16:31 GMT

Design a Java GUI Using Only Your Mouse

Java GUI Builder is a simple to use application that was designed to help developers spare some time when building their software interfaces from code. With it, you can simply drag and drop buttons and manage them with a single click in order to get the results that you are aiming for.The best thing about this app is...

15 October 2008
07:31 GMT

The Windows 7 Desktop and UI – Customization and Flexibility

The Windows 7 desktop and graphical user interface are right on track to delivering an evolution compared to Windows Vista, and in this context, provide a high degree of customization and flexibility, superior to what is available with the successor of Windows XP. But at the same time, Microsoft is not going to satis...

6 October 2008
12:18 GMT

Download Free Windows 2008 Server Core Configurator

The Windows 2008 Server Core Configurator, as the label implies, is a tool designed to integrate with the latest iteration of the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft in Server Core deployments scenarios. Windows Server 2008 comes with the option of performing just a bare-bone  installation with a mini...

3 October 2008
06:04 GMT

Did You Know: The Mac Is Not a Direct Descendant of the Apple Lisa

Around 1982, Steve Jobs (currently chief exec at Apple Inc.) was forced out of the Lisa project. While he went on to join the Macintosh project, the Lisa had been released to the public. Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh is not a direct descendant of Lisa, although the similarities between the two systems wer...

18 September 2008
09:28 GMT

Introducing the Next Generation Windows 7 User Interface

One thing is clear, although starting from the summer of 2007 and ending in the first half of this year, the main focus for Microsoft has been building Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, in terms of the Windows client the company did much more than just service packs. In the background of Vista SP1 and XP SP3, Micros...

28 May 2008
05:23 GMT

A New Tool for RIA Benchmark

Generally, web application performance depends on the technology used for their development, browser type, operating system and more. There are many methods available to test the overall performance parameters for an entire web application as well as for the individual components. From the point of view of UI runtim...

23 May 2008
12:07 GMT

Use Vidalia to Manage Tor on Mac OS X

Vidalia is a cross-platform controller GUI for Tor. It has been built using the Qt framework and it helps Mac users start and stop Tor, view the status of Tor more conformably, and monitor Tor's bandwidth usage. You can also use Vidalia which, by the way, is open source and a free download, to contribute to the ...

24 April 2008
16:06 GMT

The Evolution of User - Computer Interaction, the GUI 10 Years after Windows 7

Microsoft is looking to the future of user - computer interaction and of the graphical user interface well beyond its next iteration of the Windows operating system, until 2020. Moving onward with the development of the Windows client, Microsoft is cooking Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista. The latest Windows...

3 April 2008
13:50 GMT

Download the Windows Vista Experience

Microsoft has made available for download a preliminary draft of the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines. Delivered as a .PDF file weighing in at some 33.8 MB, the Vista UX Guide is a resource addressed at third-party software developers that are building solutions designed to integrate seamlessly with Microsoft...

29 October 2007
06:55 GMT

Elements Gallery User Interface Sneak Preview - Office for Mac 2008

Office for Mac 2008 is Microsoft's new lineup of offerings involving its Office system transitioned to the Apple platform. Although it was initially planned for 2007, Microsoft ended up postponing Office for Mac 2008 to… well... 2008. However, the Redmond company has started offering sneak peaks at what the next...

20 September 2007
04:57 GMT

Windows Vista Aero Reflecting the "Sun" and the Time of Day

While Windows Aero in Windows Vista is indeed the top graphical user interface ever produced by Microsoft, it is also a concept that still holds a great deal of potential. Aero, although Apple has claimed some foul play in relation to Aqua, but none to be had really, indicates the great deal of emphasis and focus tha...

4 June 2007
11:19 GMT

PeaZip Review

File compression support is present in every operating system, either by default or by installing additional packages once the OS was set-up. Archived files are used for various reasons, from keeping one's hard drive clean, to facilitating multiple file transfers by gathering many files under the same package fi...

10 April 2007
07:08 GMT


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