I really do hate the new interface in Vista-7
here have a gold star.
I don't see why the hating on ME, I LOVED ME it was my favourite win OS of all time it really seemed stable on my system, and at the time had amazing eye candy. Took me til '05 to use XP.
ME is windows 9x made to pretend it's not based on DOS. it takes the best thing about 9x (the fact that you can boot to DOS to fix major issues) and removes it for no good reason. Aside from that, it's pretty much Windows 98SE with a few accessories thrown in. 95/98/ME are hardly "stable" unless you restart them at least once a day.
Right now, I use XP with a uxtheme patch and luna element 5 black, which IMO is more stylish than Aero by miles.
Of course you are allowed your own opinion. Never seen Luna element 5 black *does image search*..
Now I am truly confused. Luna Element 5 is clearly emulating the Aero Basic style, and yet you say it's more stylish then it. It's certainly less customizable, either way.
I always hateed Vista and refuse to upgrade
That's like saying, "I hate the ukraine and refuse to live there" you have no barometer to hate an Operating System if you don't use it on a daily basis. using it for an afternoon or for ten minutes in a year is hardly a sound statistic.
because I have used windows since 3.1 at age 10 and in that time there never seems to have been a bigger jump in the GUI!
1. DOS->Windows 1.0
2. Windows 2.1 to Windows 3.0
3. Windows 3.1 to Windows 4.0 (95). the same style is used in windows 95, 98, 98se, NT 4, NT5 (2000), and XP.
4. -> XP's "Luna" which is just uxtheme.dll. It doesn't actually revamp very much, just seems to like putting gradients everywhere and pissing people with 4-bit displays off.
I know both DOS and the old 9x inside out and know XP to an expert level
I've programmed for DOS, windows 3.1, 9x, and NT. The "shifts" in programming each environment hardly match with visble changes.
DOS-> Windows was of course at it's core a paradigm shift. from "program determinate state" (program tells you what you can do) to "user determinate" (push a button, and you receive a message).
Switching from 16-bit to 32-bit windows was rather simplistic, just a few name changes, and a few minor caveats.
The biggest shift ever was switching to NT. function names were changes, some were removed. Core process enumeration and other functions were completely changed at the base level. Security was enhanced so your program couldn't just stomp about in memory as it pleased.
The Switch from XP to Vista/7 was pretty simple. For me I just add a manifest to my programs and forget about it. poof, magical NT6 compatibility. That and a small class for dealing with UAC and requesting elevation for those actions that require it.
why change the UI at all?
Because people have been complaining about it for years.
Vista IMO is awkward and 7 is plain ugly! How is it an OS released in '01 can still, to this day, be made to look better?!?!?
That is all in your opinion.
Look at the taskbar in 7, is it me or is that an awful, awful step back?
It's just you. I don't see how anybody who understands windows history could claim it was a step back. it looks nothing like the windows 9x taskbar which is what you imply by saying that.
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