vrijdag, november 10, 2006
Ready for a new day
Yesterday I attended Microsoft's Belgian launch event for Windows Vista and some other products. It was somewhat overcrowded (6000+ participants), and I guess participants were 1/3 students, 1/3 customers and 1/3 partners/competitors. Keynote speaker was Mr. Bill Gates himself. For some people - including me - that's like going to a free Madonna concert :-) . Anyway, his speech was as 'always', relevant but nothing really new. But hey, I was in the same room as him...For Windows Vista and the direction MS is taking, I would like to highlight 2 trends:
- More attention than ever for 'the eye': smooth graphics, professional layout, icons, buttons, glass interface etc. It will raise the bar for the visual experience people expect. It will be difficult for my website to even come close to the visual treat you get with the new products, specially since I really s*uck graphically speaking.
- Hugh effort on search capabilities (it might have to do with getting Google): integrated, fast, etc.
