Archive for the ‘Informatics’ Category
Okay, so without going into much detail about this, I’m design a desktop UI for an OS. It’s not going to be used as an OS, but I want it to feel like one. So, for instance, when you open a browser page it gives some ‘pseudo-internet’ pages. Like a spoof OS, if you like.
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At a glance Windows 7 is like its predecessor – Windows Vista – in many ways. For the OEM user, installation of Windows 7 is identical in pretty much every way, except from what I saw of the speed of installation. The setup steps, login screens, and user icons are what we’ve seen from Vista and should be familiar territory for those who install Vista on a regular basis. Added to this there is the Aero theme, with its transparent borders and taskbar, is all very similar to that of Vista’s.
After some reading around recently, I have found an interesting article on the Microsoft website, found here.
The problem, as I have understood in my times of research, is an inherent one from the days of the original IBM PCs and the days of 80386’s; possibly further back. As stated in the microsoft article, if a [...]
This is one that I’ve filed under ‘hacks’ but in fact it’s not really a hack. More of a work-around for getting custom iPhone ringtones. You will, obviously, need iTunes installed (terrible I know, but it’s necessary). Scan through your list of songs and find one that you wish to convert to a ring tone. [...]