Microsoft has sort of timidly started to share a couple of rather anodyne details about Windows 7, the next version of the Windows client due by the end of 2009, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
Christopher Flores, Director Windows Communications even made available a video demonstration of Windows 7, but it showed only what Microsoft wanted its users to see. As such, the focus was placed exclusively on Windows 7's new multi-touch and gesture technology. But the entire video for the presentation of Windows 7 at D6 – All Things Digital features additional indications about the direction the Redmond giant is heading towards with the graphical user interface of the successor of Windows Vista.
In the video segment embedded at the bottom of this article you will be able to see Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President, Windows Experience Program Management, and her full presentation of Windows 7 at the D6 – All Things Digital conference. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer are also featured in the video. Ballmer even manages to intervene at a certain point. Larson-Green's demo of Windows 7 is not intended to show anything else than the multi-touch and gesture natural user input model of the operating system.
However, a piece of the traditional desktop is still present, although evolved beyond what Vista delivered with the Windows Aero GUI. The Taskbar has been redesigned. It's by no means a complete overhaul, since the basic concept is still the same; however, the changes are notable. First off, the Start sphere button is completely separated from the rest of the area as is the tray icon in the right hand side corner. The new Windows 7 Taskbar is wider than the standard Taskbar for Windows Vista, and the new icons have also undergone an evolution.
Of course, Julie Larson-Green failed to utter a single word related to the new Windows 7 Taskbar. She only managed to say that "it’s something we’re working on Windows 7 and I’m not supposed to talk about it, not today." But, at the same time, Julie Larson-Green is responsible for the introduction of the Fluent/Ribbon graphical user interface in the Office 2007 System, so big things should be expected out of Windows 7's GUI.
that reporter in glasses, the short one, must have been from apple, she couldn't just
shut her mouth about iphone apple iphone apple. just shut up. apple wasn't the first to
come up with the touch screen either, they are the most "modern" in these days, but
others may win over. i was just waiting for bill or steve to just tell her to shut her
mouth about apple already
Stupid yenta
By King Tubby on 31.05.2008 - 14:05
they should have dragged her on stage and bukkakied her.
need deflowering
By rick on 31.05.2008 - 14:05
love the demonstrator, she just needs a good seeing to. bet she's up for anything!
System Resources
By Disk4mat on 31.05.2008 - 23:05
i wonder what kind of recourses this will consume? i noticed a 'delay' from the touch
until the action was executed. the paint example is really noticable.
Stupid
By mrsdoyle on 01.06.2008 - 01:06
is it me or is this stupid. i try and keep my screen clean, i dont know about you but i
hate fingerprints all over my screen. and seriously all this time and effort put into
this...for what. iwonder how long she would be able to hold her arms up like that, can you
imagine doing a whole days work on the pc like that. i think they have really lost the
plot.
This is the subject
By King Tubby on 01.06.2008 - 03:06
it's good for tablet pc but for regular desktop, i can't see it being used a lot. it's
quicker and less physically demanding to use a mouse on a desktop system.
Gimmicks
By biff on 01.06.2008 - 07:06
there’s nothing there that i couldn’t do twice as fast and more comfortably
using a mouse and keyboard. microsoft seem to be getting away from making and good solid
operating system and concentrating more on gimmicks, i’m not sure if that says more
about microsoft or the people that will be using their products in the future. i did
however like the program that, as the lady said, “can show you where you’re
at”. they only need to expand that program to tell us who we are and then
we’ll all know who we are and where we’re at. genius microsoft.
what about gaming??
By microbasstard on 01.06.2008 - 18:06
s**t what about gaming?? how are you suppose to play games on that???
Agreed a Silly Gimmick
By sidewinder310 on 01.06.2008 - 22:06
mmmm... foxy lady!! ;-)
just think of the mess the kids will make after
they've been eating!!
Wow! It's lie a blue disk tech. but..Is yet people ready for it?
By Mao on 02.06.2008 - 16:06
lots of people still using xp, somes me, 98, 95 and even window 3.1 workgroup
iphone
By apple on 02.06.2008 - 20:06
if you love the iphone so much you can't stop talking about it why don't you shove it
up your ass
multi-touch
By x o on 03.06.2008 - 01:06
i think she could do with a multi-touch she is hot dont you think lads?
Interresting
By Negative on 04.06.2008 - 15:06
yeah very awesome. ok i was impress ...does it come with a bottle of windex? sheesh
weeze. i mean even that dumbass girl she even said your screen getting dirtier. hello????
yeah i can noobs going to the store and buy a whole new computer so they can touch the
screen and move little pictures around or turn the planet earth...or even learn to play
the piano. woohoo....hey if i look at a a dirty picture and touch the boobs..will it
bounce? if i slap the butt...will it giggle?
what has windows become
By kassy2188 on 16.06.2008 - 15:06
the only major changes i see in these new version of windows is more unecessary eye candy
that hogs up system resources, all this crap seems quite useless to me like aero, that was
one of the major features microsft kept talking about with vista, give me a break, the
best thing about vista for most users is directx10, dont get me wrong i think vista is
somewhat a good os and is has become more stable than xp, but why in the hell would i want
to have my hand stretched out all day to touch my screen doing stuff like resizing photos
and what not how uncomfortable would that be? the mouse is fine and im sure its still more
precise than using ur fingers messing and scratching up the screen, multi touch just
another useless feature by microsoft to target people who are impressed with silly things,
what id really love to see is better performance especiallly for 3d performance
iphone
By kassy2188 on 16.06.2008 - 15:06
p.s the annoying bi.tch who keeps talking about the iphone, tell her to sukkk my dikkk
Strang thing!
By toto on 01.07.2008 - 15:07
the only thing i know is that we are all going to rush for it as soon as it´s released,
just because we like strange things! we like things that distrat us! we like to try new
things..
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Annoying reporter
By Jigyar on 31.05.2008 - 04:05