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The one that interests me most is the shot of Internet Explorer 6.05. Firstly, shouldn't it be version 7.0? Also, I don't like the way this and the normal file browser have split the buttons up. Now the forward and back buttons are on the top, but the rest are on a new line. In fact, below the menus, which are no longer at the top! The result is surely less screen space. Is it a ploy to get us to all buy 21" monitors?
The new look doesn't appear very exciting either, just a ton of blue gradients. I hope they plan to improve it a lot before release.
Get the thing working properly first, spend whatever time necessary for that, then jazz it up.
I'm sure the buttons on IE will be moveable just like in all the other versions.
That toolbar on the right hand side looks REALLY familiar. *cough*GKRELLM*cough*
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I have tried winXP and win2K but i didn't like either and i've actually downgraded to win98. At some point i will probably follow panics advice and switch to linux - the only thing that has kept me from doing that sofar has been the complexity of the installation process, but i hear that this is no longer as difficult as it was once. Given that this platform has numerous graphical point-and-click interfaces to choose from, i think i could find one that i liked better than windows.
As for browsers, a browser is a browser and on windows IE and clones of it loads fastest (although opera is very close) - regarding features, i actually prefer the alternatives, and i think they will load faster on linux as the OS code is available so the manufacturers can make them more compatible.
/claus
I have seen no reason to upgrade the OS since Win 98SE. In fact I see more reasons not to (NT, 2000, ME, XP). The next step will be linux of some sort. Just need to decide on which version (Redhat, SuSe, etc) and sort out the Gnome vs. KDE wars.
