The December CTP of Windows Vista has been released. ActiveWin has published screenshots, and a list of features, of the latest CTP of Windows Vista. Key areas of improvement in this CTP are security (Windows Defender, parental control, enhanced firewall, control over installation of device drivers, and more), performance, power state transitions, and the user interface ("evidence of Aero's progress in the December CTP includes the translucent 'glass' appearance of open windows, smoother transitions between windows and a re-designed start menu").
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Member since:> Remember how the MS apologists have been saying all along that "This isn't Aero!
> Aero won't make an appearance until Beta 2!" I knew that was BS, but this confirms it,
> this is the same damn theme we've seen all along. This fantastic "Aero" they were
> wating for was just another empty promise from Redmond.
I don't understand your FUD. It's not Beta 2. They "promised" Beta 2 will be feature complete and Beta 2 will show everything about the new UI.
This new release is only a CTP not a beta build so don't expect too much. Beta 2 will be released next year (Q1).
Member since:Still, he is right to a point; this is an early version of the Aero interface - MS have said it themselves now.
I don't get the hostility he's showing, though; in use the interface is actually decent, though they need to work on consistency across apps, still - and when using Gaim with it, you ocassionally get black trash left on the screen.
There are some bugs to work out, but it is promising, and looks good for the apps that have been designed for it - the new games for example look quite good, and there's a lot of promise in Explorer.
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2005-11-10
Remember how the MS apologists have been saying all along that "This isn't Aero! Aero won't make an appearance until Beta 2!" I knew that was BS, but this confirms it, this is the same damn theme we've seen all along. This fantastic "Aero" they were wating for was just another empty promise from Redmond.