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22. Mai 2010
Microsoft copying SeaMonkey design?
therube on IRC pointed me to this picture today:
![](http://i45.tinypic.com/23ru16t.jpg)
The top is "Microsoft Download Manager" (in Vista or Win7 design from what I can tell), the bottom is SeaMonkey's Download Manager (seems to be Windows Classic design, so prettiness can't be compared obviously).
I wonder if that "Microsoft Download Manager" thing is new or has been there for longer, but it looks like they pretty much did copy what has been there for a long time in the suite.![smile :)](data:image/gif;%20charset=binary;base64,R0lGODlhEwATAKIAAP//AMzMAGZmAP8zAAAAAP///wAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAUALAAAAAATABMAAANVWLrUTisyEoC1oUlFr8dQRHykFRad+Y0gdzlv86KVKdsskOUAjHu312rFK5GCRWDMJDACBKxGrTcFXTIo4CPY41QJgzAP69IWT14nWSL97DaiLVqRAAA7)
We have meanwhile taken the next steps, added a search filter, and done away with the confusing "the top toolbar only works on the selection in the tree" functionality, instead placing the most important actions as graphical mini-buttons into the tree itself. Let's see when they follow.![wink ;-)](data:image/gif;%20charset=binary;base64,R0lGODlhEwATAKIAAP//AMzMADMzAP///wAAAP///wAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAUALAAAAAATABMAAANQWLrUTisyEoC1oUlFr8dQRHykFRZd+WWcJYyqiVbEMMAmDmRw3eS63OUXExZJxKMniSw1aM4kq/dhAkKpB0GwOuEeSEmqxNo8u6cNSptWJAAAOw==)
![](http://i45.tinypic.com/23ru16t.jpg)
The top is "Microsoft Download Manager" (in Vista or Win7 design from what I can tell), the bottom is SeaMonkey's Download Manager (seems to be Windows Classic design, so prettiness can't be compared obviously).
I wonder if that "Microsoft Download Manager" thing is new or has been there for longer, but it looks like they pretty much did copy what has been there for a long time in the suite.
We have meanwhile taken the next steps, added a search filter, and done away with the confusing "the top toolbar only works on the selection in the tree" functionality, instead placing the most important actions as graphical mini-buttons into the tree itself. Let's see when they follow.
Von KaiRo, um 23:47 | Tags: Microsoft, Mozilla, SeaMonkey | 13 Kommentare | TrackBack: 0