Making Win7 into XP's Bitch

[Shadowex3]

and for what purpose shadow? most full screen apps will strip it to that when they're running, its not like your games will take that much of a performance hit.

 

The purpose being that I hardly ever have a need to really interact with my UI and thus the more minimalist it is the better, plus I've got a lot of the old stuff into muscle memory by now and just plain like it. If I like something else more I'll take the time to learn that, but it's what's UNDER the hood that should count with an OS. The "best" UI is always the one you're personally the most proficient with, very few UI design rules are true absolutes.

[Wrathek]

yes, i agree, thats why i don't understand jazzy or your purpose behind this. (well you explained you just always did it before) But win7's UI was pretty much built from the ground up for usability and proficiency. i love all the keyboard shortcuts they added, makes doing things so much easier.

[jazzy]

yes, i agree, thats why i don't understand jazzy or your purpose behind this. (well you explained you just always did it before) But win7's UI was pretty much built from the ground up for usability and proficiency. i love all the keyboard shortcuts they added, makes doing things so much easier.

i disagree on proficiency, i felt the aero peek when you hover your cursor over a app was great, but it wasn't helpful to me, as i already know whats on there, because thats the way i left it.

[Itch]

It's a matter of preference. I like the 7 interface better, but if you don't then great revert to the old. I think it was the misleading title that had people wanting to put you in your place.

 

By no means is reverting to an older taskbar/quicklaunch in any way, shape, or form "Making Win7 into XP's Bitch".

 

Quite a few people reverted XP's start menu to the winNT/2k style start menu because it was "different" or not as "good" was that making XP NT's Bitch? Simply put NO!

 

If you would have put this same thread with the same information out there as a tip to revert the taskbar/quicklaunch for those who preferred the old style you would have had quite a different reaction.