Windows longhorn previews

A BetaArchive user has posted some screenshots of these builds. Most ISOs of this build do not have the fix applied which is to copy the included coverage.

Have Windows 7 on your pc and have xp mode running then you can get access to the longhorn by installing the iso file. Reviewer: Something I Guess - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 24, Subject: Nice collection Has a few builds that are only in this collection, but can you please add Windows Vista build Reviewer: PhantomOcean3 - - September 10, Subject: Re: you should find this one It's unleaked so no ISO is available, and I have 0 unleaked builds or any ties to anyone who could potentially have this build, so unless it leaks soon, don't expect on here.

Reviewer: Noingy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 10, Subject: you should find this one you should find Windows Vista build Its the first version to have the start orb.

Reviewer: HuyG34 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 7, Subject: Nice collection! Thanks you for your huge iso archive dude. Reviewer: absolutlycoolteen - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 5, Subject: Great!

Did you work for microsoft or something? Reviewer: MrOof - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 2, Subject: Amazing This is one of the best archives I've ever seen for Windows Longhorn ever. Unfortunately, I'm still trying to figure out how to make it work on Windows 10's VirtualBox as t won't boot correctly. Anyways, keep it up! Thank you so darn much for this! Again, thank you so damn much! In the beginning, there was the sidebar!

Early thinking in this area consisted of everything from the Microsoft Research team via an application called Sideshow to the MSN and Windows team collaborating on visual mock-ups, like the one pictured above.

The sidebar was going to be a centerpiece in Windows Longhorn, giving you instant access to the information you most wanted to see -- everything from contacts, to news, to documents and more.

Although a the sidebar made it into Windows Vista, it was more of an afterthought by then, existing as a separate application that was ultimately unutilized and quickly abandoned. In , flash mock-ups were created to showcase what a finalized Windows Longhorn might look like.

Many different UIs were created, but only one was chosen to be the model designers and developers would code into Windows development. This particular demo spawned the Plex the name of the theme used in M3-M4 builds era of Longhorn development at Microsoft.

Subsequent themes used were Slate, Jade, and various forms of Aero. As you can see in this screen shot, there were massive changes planned for the Windows shell. This is a Plex concept that extends even farther back in time than the previous two screen shots, thus showing the humble beginnings of a wild new look for Windows.

This screen shot represents early thinking for the carousel view: a view that would allow users to view the contents of a folder in a flashy, new way. Presumably, pressing the left and right keys on the keyboard would make items spin left or right, accordingly. This feature didn't make it very far, but it was implemented and working to some extent in early builds of Longhorn! During the early stages of Longhorn UI ideation, countless mock-ups were dreamed up, mocked-up, then sifted through to land on the right candidate s for designers and developers to pursue.

Here's an example of an extremely wild Longhorn UI concept that never saw the light of day much beyond what you see here. Every aspect of Windows was being addressed and given a massive facelift, as well as a functionality lift. This is one of countless login screens that were mocked-up by designers working on Longhorn. Though you can't tell from this screen shot, the background, called Aurora, animated and was to be realized via a then-new markup language called XAML.

For the first time, Microsoft was going to make it easy for developers and designers to work together seamlessly -- or so, that was the goal.

Once logging in from the previous screen, the user was sent to this absolutely gorgeous desktop. To note, this presentation was only a mock-up made and demonstrated in Macromedia Director flash-based, basically.

This look would directly inform visual development of Longhorn straight up through its cancellation with build Though the Aero name and some of its properties like transluscency would carry on through the completion of Windows Vista, the lack of many of the shell changes that would have truly shown it off made it nothing like its earliest incarnation, as showcased throughout the next handful of screen shots.

The Start menu in this Longhorn concept was animated in numerous ways: the Windows flag waves, there's an aurora animation running on the left-hand pane, and as you hovered over menu items, their respective icons would swing into view at the top of the left-hand pane.

It was an awesome, awe-inspiring vision of the Start menu! Big glass borders gave an exciting look and feel to the shell, also providing a space for recent thumbnails. The thumbnails feature seemed odd and out of place, but at this point in time, the focus was on showing off the potential of a sleek, clean, and glassy UI that Windows users would hopefully drool over and we did. The orb you see was an animated WMP gadget that gave the appearance of existing in a 3-dimensional desktop space.

In a later screen shot, you will see a much more drastic extent to which Microsoft was thinking in terms of 3D space on the desktop. Also, attendees were given a glimpse of more functionality that one could utilize the sidebar for. This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.