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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this... I have been googleing terms all day and can't find a good write up on this topic.
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-build-10051-a-closer-look-at-the-new-mail-app[^]
Based on those screen shots:
1) what is that UI style officially called? Modern?
2) I know people call it the hamburger, but does that button have an official name?
3) what is the left bar officially called?
4) on the left bar, whats the significance of the upper group of icons vs the lower group of icons?
If somebody has a good link to a good write up about the design and the significance of everything, that would be awesome!
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Don't ask Microsoft. They don't know any more.
They are the ones who created Windows Controls in the past, but now controls are created by:
Ambiguous Internet Urchins (AIU)
People who hang out and create HTML5 and put CSS3 styles over it.
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Layers and layers and layers and layers and layers and layers and layers
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Don't worry about such things.
They'll all be gone by the time Windows 12 is released.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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SledgeHammer01 wrote: what is that UI style officially called? Modern?
That may be what it's called, but IMHO it's a huge step backward.
/ravi
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SledgeHammer01 wrote: a good link to a good write up about the design and the significance of everything,
Clickety[^]
/ravi
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Hmm... that seems like its conceptual theory more then the left bar is called a fly bar or whatever and the top buttons are for x and the bottom buttons are for y. That's really what I'm looking for.
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SledgeHammer01 wrote: what is that UI style officially called? Modern?
I think that concludes another recent thread[^].
There's no longer a choice; one has to follow the market-leader, or become outdated.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You do realize asking questions about programming in the CP Lounge would be about as cost-effective a way of getting a good answer as writing a letter to Martha Steward asking about how I should proceed with the lubricative maintenance of the engine mounts on my 290 H.R. 8V-71 right?
Pick one, any one:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/List.aspx[^]
But not here in The Lounge.
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Well, its not really a programming question. Yeah, I got a lot of smart ass useless responses.. but if I posted in the C# forum, I'd get an equal number of forum nazis telling me its not a C# question LOL. Sigh... I really have to switch over to SO one of these days LOL. That place seems a lot more useful and helpful.
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Yeah, there are a lot of topics where there's clear place to put them.
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Fair enough (under cloudy skies anyway), but the existence of a Discussion named "Windows 8, WinRT & Metro" practically grinds gears to the tune of "Modern". Now, "hamburger"? I don't know ...
And incidently, a user can type in, under Settings, his location ... ANY LOCATION, when Googling in that Google box.
Regardless where home is, SO, LOL (whatever that is).
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SledgeHammer01 wrote: 2) I know people call it the hamburger, but does that button have an official name?
SplitView.
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"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Hmm... that seems to be the concept of the left toolbar. Interesting... Thanks.
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Looking at some of those screenshots...
Is Microsoft slowly re-discovering gradients?
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1) Modern
2) ?
3) It was once called the Outlook Bar, but now it's the Navigation Bar.
4) The same as Outlook now, I suppose.
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Came across this very interesting link between the scientist Nikola Tesla and the monk Swami Vivekananda.
[^]
It's a long read but full of nice historical snippets.
Enjoy reading!
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It is said that Tesla batted for DC supply. However, his gentle ways could not beat Edison, who lobbied strongly to get AC as the de-facto standard for commercial power supply.
Now, more than 120 years after this, electrical engineers are beginning to realize the true 'power' of DC; and we see research projects towards creating DC spaces. Tesla is being fondly remembered nowadays.
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It was the other way around - Edison advocated DC supply, Tesla AC 
Avijnata wrote: electrical engineers are beginning to realize the true 'power' of DC
What do you mean? 
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Yes - my mistake. Tesla AC; Edison DC. Goof up - sorry.
Regarding DC, I've heard that some research labs are actively advocating it, since the losses are said to be low. Hope this is not another goof up 
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Avijnata wrote: Regarding DC, I've heard that some research labs are actively advocating it, since the losses are said to be low. Hope this is not another goof up
If that's the case (researchers advocating it) I guess there's some constraint to it that you didn't mention. In general AC is the better form of current to transfer electrical power: AC is required to transform voltage up or down. Electrical Power P = U (Voltage) * I (Current) => Higher voltage allows lower current for the same power. Loss occurs due to resistance (which every conductor (=power line) has) and increases with higher current. That's why landlines have high voltage and before reaching your house it's transformed into lower voltage. Mr. Tesla apparently realized that better than the honorable Mr. Edison 
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DC transmission makes sense for transmitting over very long distances at extremely high voltages - like 750,000 Volts. DC transmission has far less corona on the wires at these voltages - and hence lower interference with radio signals. For very long distances there is another factor: If the transmission line length starts to approach one quarter wave length of the AC frequency (somewhere over 1,000 KM for 60Hz), weird things start to happen: An open circuit at the far end appears to be a dead short at the generator end - not good. So DC transmission over long distances offer these advantages: (a) Higher possible voltages - lower currents - less copper losses. (b) Lower interference transmission due to corona. (c) No constraint on the maximum length of a transmission line.
High voltage DC power transmission is nothing new, but I haven't seen it yet in the USA.
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Thank you for educating me So I guess these benefits make up for the need for DC-AC-inversion?
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Yes, there is a cut-off between AC and DC. Above a certain distance it becomes economical to go DC.
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...going flat too quickly.
In 1920, only 10% of Uk homes had any electricity. And most of those that did, had only lighting.
In 1944, 2/3rds of UK homes had mains electricity - one light per room, and one wall socket per two rooms.
100 years ago - not that long, really: you should expect to live pretty much that long now - you couldn't have charged the iPhone in the first place! 
(I can't find any authoritative sources for these, but they come up a lot when you start googling the subject)
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