Why can't Windows do this?

[Spudly]

Watch the whole thing. About halfway through you think "oh yeah, thats very cool", then 60 seconds later your mind is blown.

Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bUR_eUVcABg#t=59s
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[LordShaftesbu...]

Agree, cool vid but it's not as useful as it makes out. A plain old terminal window will always be there for you.

[daemonoid]

In answer to "why can't windows do this" it can, install xiki and away you go.

As unknownstuntman says though, what is the point? I used redhat's shell daily for 7 years and now often use windows powershell and ssh to my Linux box. At no point have I thought any of those things would improve my productivity.

It's all fluff - great to show off but no use in the real world...
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[daemonoid]

Just spotted - no vim support. Definitely do not want now.
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[hmmmnz]

was that guy speaking a foreign language??
i didnt understand a word of it,
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[D O G]

I think he was speaking Geek.

[Rogerborg]

What if you could get used to all that, then ssh to some Solaris zone or Lunix shell where it's not available then durrrrrrrrrrrrrrr how do grep again?

It neat, but it looks like it's showcasing things that you could do, not that you would do.
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[Spudly]

All of the above is true. It looks like one of those early videos of Compiz, where it was all spinning cube desktops and tooltips disappearing in flames.

BUT, it still looks very cool.

The underlying question I guess isn't so much "why won't Windows do this?" but "Where has the sense of fun gone"?

It's fair enough that Windows is a commercial product and has to satisfy the shareholders and so on, but one of the things I really miss is that sense of wonder when you see something amazing happening right there on the screen.

You see some of it on the web these days, but it isn't as "oh wow" as seeing a dialogue box turn into a mushroom cloud when you hit "Ok".
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[Alpha-9]

Because i'd just disable it and put windows classic theme on

MOAR POWER TO THE GAIMZ
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[Andy_Pagin]

The whole point of the shell is it provides basic low level access to operating system related stuff. Why tart it up? If you want pretty stuff use the bloody X-server.
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Erm, I dont even know what it was.
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[colin1]

I've no idea what a shell console is but I liked his "what if you could..." pitch style
i sell business software, and I might nick that, I'm guessing he nicked it or is parodying jobs or gates or something
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