Click-Wheel Interface Coming to Windows 7?
Update
Windows 7 eventually did not include anything like the concept laid out below. Perhaps you’re interested in my other Window 7 coverage?
It certainly seems so from the screenshots that have been popping up all over the internet lately. A lot of them are most likely souped up for conceptional purposes, but one thing certain returns steadily: the click-wheel-like interface. Usually the Windows Logo Orb is seated in the center of a wheel with numerous icons surrounding it. These images are by no means official, nor were they acknowledgded by Microsoft.
They’re certainly fancy looking, though I wonder about the practicalities of it. Translucencies in the user interface as a whole seem to be coming back, too, sometimes turning out nearly transparant, other times more opaque.
One thing is sure, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows [codenamed] ‘7′ will arrive somewhere in 2010, contrary to earlier misconceptions (that suggested next year).
Some conceptional screenshots (thanks to wepokers.blogspot.com):
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