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The forum discussion centers on a link shared by whoosh about Windows 7's development, highlighting how much the OS changed during its creation despite its outward appearance remaining similar. Radenight praises the evolution of Windows 7, noting it reflects significant behind-the-scenes work, while RAK comments skeptically on the effort involved in designing the desktop, suggesting that a simpler, more straightforward interface might have sufficed. Overall, the thread conveys appreciation for the development process but includes some critique of graphical customization choices.
The forum discussion centers on a link shared by whoosh about Windows 7's development, highlighting how much the OS changed during its creation despite its outward appearance remaining similar. Radenight praises the evolution of Windows 7, noting it reflects significant behind-the-scenes work, while RAK comments skeptically on the effort involved in designing the desktop, suggesting that a simpler, more straightforward interface might have sufficed. Overall, the thread conveys appreciation for the development process but includes some critique of graphical customization choices.
Awesome find Whoosh!Very entertaining read.. Just goes to show how much Windows 7 changed over it's development even though to some it didn't appear as though it was changing at all cosmetically...
Yes ,guess we take a lot of it for granted , without thinking about all the work that goes into it
As usual, the cynic steps in!
I am more of a loyalist towards Microsoft than most, and I get on well with all their products. But it surprises me that it took a team of, I believe, more than 20 personnel to come up with the final desktop. With a couple of hours discussion of the basic requirements, I think the average graphics enthusiast could have produced that final version in about 15 minutes.
However, on the subject of the though behind it. I can understand the need for something with very little graphic intrusion, but it seems that, when looking through threads where members show off their desktops, a majority , almost on their first customisation, seem to change the standard for a graphically heavy picture. Perhaps the Microsoft desktop designers should have just introduced an unadorned, simple, one colour desktop, with the options, still there, to change to whatever they fancied?
I am more of a loyalist towards Microsoft than most, and I get on well with all their products. But it surprises me that it took a team of, I believe, more than 20 personnel to come up with the final desktop. With a couple of hours discussion of the basic requirements, I think the average graphics enthusiast could have produced that final version in about 15 minutes.
However, on the subject of the though behind it. I can understand the need for something with very little graphic intrusion, but it seems that, when looking through threads where members show off their desktops, a majority , almost on their first customisation, seem to change the standard for a graphically heavy picture. Perhaps the Microsoft desktop designers should have just introduced an unadorned, simple, one colour desktop, with the options, still there, to change to whatever they fancied?
