Saturday, March 27, 2004
Site Offers Superbly Outstanding Screenshots of OSs
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 09:00 PM
Now this is just cool. :mrgreen: While reading Ars Technica (Latin for the Art of Technology) I came across guidebook, a "website dedicated to preserving and showcasing Graphical User Interfaces". Basically, it's chock full of screenshots of all possible parts of OS's, old and new.
You can browse by Operating Systems or by components such as the desktop. What's really smart is this grid of icons visually comparing all the various icons for all OSs in one go. You can really see design history unfolding before your eye, showing who copied/influenced who. Wonder at Windows 1.0, look at Longhorn, study Solaris, ponder OS/2, mourn BeOS, contemplate NeXTSTEP and admire Amiga OS. So, take a trip down memory lane and check out the OS's you haven't seen yet and a few you knew too well. You know it makes sense! :Fade-color
The site is recommended and well worth a visit. Only thing is, they really do need to get some PDA GUIs in there. :wink:
You can browse by Operating Systems or by components such as the desktop. What's really smart is this grid of icons visually comparing all the various icons for all OSs in one go. You can really see design history unfolding before your eye, showing who copied/influenced who. Wonder at Windows 1.0, look at Longhorn, study Solaris, ponder OS/2, mourn BeOS, contemplate NeXTSTEP and admire Amiga OS. So, take a trip down memory lane and check out the OS's you haven't seen yet and a few you knew too well. You know it makes sense! :Fade-color
The site is recommended and well worth a visit. Only thing is, they really do need to get some PDA GUIs in there. :wink:
