Longhorn Drops 'My' Prefixes 1037
ryanjm writes "Microsoft has decided to drop the "my" prefixes for Longhorn. Instead of "My Computer," it will be just just plain simple "Computer". "
"Been through Hell? Whaddya bring back for me?" -- A. Brilliant
Annoying inconsistancy of Windows document folders (Score:3, Insightful)
Hopefully this sigals the last time these folders chage location/name. Then perhaps people would start to use them. I always use the default Documents/Music/Pictures folders on OS X but over the years I have avoided using the Windows equivilent because I knew it would shift and I'd have to learn the new placement again.
Oh the irony (Score:5, Insightful)
"But that's not *my* Videos, it must be someone elses. Doesn't that have to do with it being multi-user?"
Re:My My... (Score:3, Insightful)
I do. "My" annoyed me from the first time I saw Windows 95. "My" before everything is childish, superfluous, and not necessarily factual.
Re:lemme get this straight... (Score:3, Insightful)
Shameful how they have to copy their ideas from Gnome isn't it?
Re:Brilliant! Simply brilliant! (Score:3, Insightful)
My Computer, Your Computer (Score:3, Insightful)
After all, it IS your computer, right?
This change will obviously be the heart of longhorn. All the other features they've thrown out by now (grin)
Is it just me, or does this sound like a PR unit leaking little bits of stuff over the months to the press in an effort to keep Longhorn in the news? I imagine we'll be hearing more little "gems" like this as the year proceeds.
So they think users have graduated from preschool (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Annoying inconsistancy of Windows document fold (Score:3, Insightful)
no spaces (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:lemme get this straight... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Computers for Adults (Score:3, Insightful)
What you've basically described is MacOS 7 or so. Simple, to the point, and nothing but functional. There are simply too many options on computers for modern users (I know; I do phone tech support, and you would not believe how many people are confused by the simplest of computer/Windows operational things like "Shutting down", "restarting", or "right clicking").
If cars were designed to the complexity of Windows, you would have three different ways to turn on the windshield wipers and turn signals. Sometimes they would share the same lever and switch, sometimes they would not. One button would need to be pushed and held, while the other would need to only be pushed. There would be two omnidirectional "joysticks" - one to operate the windows, and the other one to adjust the heat.
What MS needs to do is create an entirely new Windows design. It's been my experience that over 90% of Windows users still can't multitask. When they are multitasking, it's with no more than two - maybe three - windows.
A truly functional "consumer computer" which would not irritate the piss out of computer folks of all stripes would:
- have no "system tray". There would be an "information bar" at the border of the screen which
- have every application automatically be fullscreen. Users are constantly getting confused about which window is active.
- all dialog windows which open would not be able to open a subsequent 'sub' dialog window. It would all have to be contained within a single window.
- simplify the user's file management experience. There is only one directory or path which they can view. Double-clicking would be the operative means of opening; single clicking would open up a graphical side-panel containing a small list of file manipulation options (copy, delete, move, rename).
Anyway, I could go on and on... but all the modern premutations of operating systems are still too difficult for most people to use. Most people just want to get "work" done: write a letter, surf the internet, chat with friends. All of the mainstream consumer GUIs are designed from the perspective of "one size fits all". Not a good design ethic; just imagine what kind of shit any given auto maker would be in if the interiors of all their vehicles were identical. They'd be out of business within a year.
A boon for Cygwin users (Score:3, Insightful)
cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/User/My\ Documents