Here’s a quick recap before we dive in. CShell is Microsoft’s new Windows Shell that will eventually replace the existing Windows Shell in future releases of Windows 10. It’s an adaptable shell that can scale in real time, adapting to different screen sizes and orientations on the fly. CShell is a shell modularized into sub-components, which can transition between those components when required, making for a far more flexible user experience on devices that have multiple form factors.
The actual Windows Explorer shell is one of the last high-profile parts of Windows that’s still mostly Win32. This CShell is supposed to be its replacement.
… for the tcsh version.
The funny part is, I really thought they were going to add c shell capabilities to their console!
Anyway, Windows console now has support for true color mode and Vim and, possibly, Emacs, can now run on all 256 color glory! Yeah! (the sad part is, I still like Windows 7 more and, as so, I´m limited to run them under ConEmu with xterm emulation and the performance is not something to brag about).
Where’s the video of this running on a Windows 10 desktop? All I’m seeing is a phone.
Maybe they should finish porting the entire control panel to the settings app before they start rewriting more..
I didn’t find any new or intriguing concepts in the whole article.
Then I read the headline:
The next attempt at Windows on a phone
Seriously, who is still interested in Microsofts 4th, 5th, or 10th lame, half-assed attempt at Windows on a phone?
They conclude with:
We can’t wait to see what else the company has planned for Windows 10.
Will it be as exciting as this crap?
They’re doing Continuum right. It’s in the video. Right now, it’s pretty much slow. Especially the browser part. But if you used one regularly, you’d know that this is the future. It is awesome.
I’m upset Ubuntu never released their product where they had the whole GNU/Linux stack running on the same kernel as an Android phone and could switch between the two UI’s while docked/undocked.
Yeah, changing direction randomly every 6 months is something Microsoft is really good at. I stopped paying attention to their useless experiments a long time ago. What’s the point, if this or that “brand new thing” will be considered “legacy” in half a year?
Ugh. Guess they still don’t understand their own customers. Every average user I’ve ever encountered was confused and annoyed by metro. CShell looks like the same mistake.
Well the difference is there are lots of developers and sysadmins with decades of experience in writing cshell apps. Oh, wait…
I guess this is what you can expect of the naming department that previously came up with “Modern User Interface”.