Re: Windows2000 coolness

[Damien Miller <djm mindrot org>]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote:

>     All,
> 	I just saw somebody using Win2K (final beta) for the first time.
> I'm assuming that (like me) most of the people here haven't wasted their
> time playing with the Win2K betas.
> 
> 	Overall, it looks like the same old crap, but there is one feature
> that is VERY cool.  It's hard to describe, and you need to see it to get
> an idea of what it looks like.  Menus "fade" into existance.

I was more impressed by the alpha blended and shadowed mouse cursors.
This would probably not coexist well with X :(

Damien 

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