With the new upcoming Windows 11 we are in for a vibrancy all of the place, except for Xojo compiled apps. They will look outdated for sure. Darn …
We really need Xojo to step up from only supporting Win32. :-/
FWW I really like the new Windows11 GUI. Closely to macOS.
As it is, when I install Windows in a VM for testing only, I spend an hour or so toning it down and stopping all the flashing stuff and micro-popups everywhere that purport to give me useful information, but which in fact just get in the way.
The refresh of the user interface is welcome. A bit too Mac-like for my taste, but that can be fixed.
It comes loaded with even more Xbox bloatware cr*p than Windows 10. Hopefully my Powershell scripts to remove it will still work.
Apparently, it is faster than Windows 10: the user interface is more snappy and benchmarks are better for the same hardware. Promising. Let’s wait for the RTM benchmark results to get excited.
Windows 11 supports Android applications. Could this be a convenient testbed for in-development android applications? Now, let’s write them! Ahem… let’s wait, we will write them soon.
I think it is more like an improved the return of windows Aero from windows 7.
Well, the Xbox it is whole level where you can play actual Xbox game, but it is suposed to be a modular design where the Xbox subsystem can be uninstalled.
By the way, Nadella has delivered a punch to the Apple Walled Garden stomach. Win 11 and its store, don’t care about which payment platform, you, the creator, wants to use.
I believe the Microsoft terminology is “Translucency” or “Translucent”. “Vibrancy” is Mac only.
When macOS started using vibrancy, most apps did not support it.
Likewise, translucency for Windows can already be achieved by declares under Windows 10, and I have no doubts Christian will rapidly offer a way to obtain that rendition with plugins.
For the record, translucency appeared back with Vista. Nothing really new.
If anyone had asked me over the last 6 years what is the most urgent change needing to be made to Windows, my #1 choice would definitely have been moving the Start menu from the left side to the center of the screen. Sheer genius!
Interesting. As far as I know (and I tried a lot) this is not possible with any declares or plugins available. Can you share some code to achieve translucency on Windows?