The Screen Shots of Windows Vista
Windows Vista Screen shots basically give an idea of
how the various screens appear in any software product.
It gives an idea of the software without using it. The
method of taking screen shots was started with the introduction
of Windows 95. Before this, screens were directly printed
on to the printer, when a user hits the Print Screen
key, which is available in the keyboard. Now instead
of printing directly on the printer, it copies the entire
contents of the screen to the clipboard. One can paste
it to the application program which requires it.
Windows Vista is still under development stages. Therefore
the screens may appear different while installing and
working with windows Vista.
The Installation of Windows Vista
The installation of Windows Vista starts, with a prompt
saying "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..."
instead of "Press any key to boot from CD".
This shows that the final product of Windows Vista will
be made available in multiple CD’s or in a single
DVD. On pressing a key, installation proceeds to the
next screen, which shows a process bar and windows vista
logo.
After few seconds this screen disappears and the installation
starts. The setup program of windows vista is divided
into two parts, namely "Collecting Information"
and "Installing windows". Collecting Information
part consist of prompting the user for the product key,
prompting to select installation type, prompting to
select media, such as hard disk drives on which the
windows vista is to be installed, prompting the user
to provide the computer name and then lastly, prompting
the user to accept or decline the end user license agreement.
After collecting all these information the setup prepares
to install windows vista, and copies the files accordingly.
Once installation completes it displays, the screens
as follows,
The windows vista desktop
It consist of black colored Task bar. In the task
bar, there is a start button followed by list of quick
launch items, which is also followed by a space for
the active tasks, a panel for date and startup items.
The desktop background is decorated by using pictures,
and also can be decorated using web pages. On the desktop
area, there is an icon for recycle bin by default. However,
short cuts for different programs can be added in the
desktop area for quick access. The desktop icons look
slightly bigger, than that in Windows XP. The recycle
bin icon can be made hidden to get a clean desktop,
in Windows Vista. The icons my computer, and Internet
Explorer are made hidden by default.
The GUI
The Graphical User Interface has got semi-transparent
windows. The title bar of window now consists of the
same 3 buttons, but, with special effects, similar to
that in MAC OS X. All windows have translucent borders.
Windows Explorer
It is a default folder and file viewer, in windows family
of operating systems. It lists all the folders and files
which are within a folder. Its look has been changed
in Windows Vista. The title bar of Windows Explorer
shows the folder name of the current folder which one
is viewing. The path to the folder will be shown in
the next row in the address bar. The look of address
bar has been changed to "Computer > C: >
Folder > Inner folder" instead of old styled
"c:\Folder\Inner Folder". This make address
bar to look like address bar that of MAC OS X. The top
level menu items such as "File, Edit" etc.
are seen next in the next row.
The quick functions for the selected file will be displayed
on the next row. The next row consists of a list, with
the file names, and folder names, of the selected folder.
At the bottom of the window there is additional information
about the file, such as it creation date, size, rating
etc. The rating of a file depends on the use of the
file. The Explorer turns its color to orange, if the
selected folder contains only pictures. The large thumbnail
view enables one to view the perfect big icons.
Copy/Move dialog
When one copies/moves some files to some other folder
or to the medium, the copy/move dialog appears. It consist
of a progress bar which shows that the files being copied
to the selected medium. The dialog also shows to the
user, the file name that is being copied to the folder
or medium. This dialog carries a cancel button, which
cancels the entire copy process, in case, the user wishes
to do so.
In Windows Vista this copy/move dialog has been modified
further, with addition of copy speed, time remaining
and item remaining. On the title bar of the dialog it
shows seconds left to copy all the selected items. The
total number copied file count is displayed along with
the count of the total number of Mega bytes copied.
Control Panel
The control panel has been redesigned. The items in
control panel have been made more descriptive and grouped.
However, old classic view of control still possible.
The icons are redesigned. Some icons however have not
redesigned.
Add/Remove Program dialog
This dialog resembles Windows Explorer. It shows the
list of all installed programs. The list consists of
Program Name, Total Bytes the program installation required
in the hard disk and the status of the program, such
as how many times the program being accessed. The down
panel shows a count on the total number of program that
has been installed in the computer, apart from windows
vista.
Shutdown
The shut down dialog has now changed. Instead of showing
the entire process of shutting down on the entire screen,
as in the case of windows XP, Windows vista displays
a small dialog, which shows amount of time that is still
remaining to shutdown the computer. The dialog also
contains two buttons that shows shutdown now which makes
the computer to shutdown immediately, without waiting
for the count down to become zero. In case, if user
wishes to cancel the process of shutdown, he can do
so, by selecting cancel button. |
