I was at an IT@Cork event today – it was a Microsoft talk on Longhorn.
The talk was presented very ably by Robert Burke. Rob concentrated on discussing Avalon and I must say as (primarily) a Mac user, may I welcome Microsoft to the world of the slick interface. :-). OS X has most of the interface elements Robert referred to (or an equivalent) already built in and has had for some time!
By the way, if you visit Robert’s blog from a Mac, don’t bother trying to comment – Mac users are unable to blog on the new MSDN blog engine. I tried from my Mac using FireFox 1.04 and also Safari 2.0 but kept getting errors.
MSDN, I would suggest your blog engine needs a bit more work! I had to log into a Win2k server I manage remotely to leave my comment – not all Mac users will have the ability to do the same – or maybe you don’t care what Mac users think?
Tom, thanks for your kind words, and it was great to meet you last night!
As for the blogging engine, don’t get me started 🙂 I have forwarded your comments along to the Powers that Be at blogs.msdn.com. The blogging engine we’re using is in a state of flux right now, and obviously we want to hear more from the Mac posse!
Speaking of whom: my artistically-inclined sister is a dyed-in-the-wool Mac user, and I’ve always been impressed with the slickness of Mac interfaces, so I have no excuse for being as unaware as I am of the details of OS X 10.4.
Give me a bit of time to collect my thoughts, and I promise to continue this discussion shortly via my blog.
wishing you all the best
Rob
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