假如 Windows XP 有 2024 版
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有一位勇者带给我们一个全新的视界，描绘了一个微软依旧运用 Windows XP 设计语言的平行宇宙。这难道不比打造 Copilot 键更有用吗？


2001 年，Windows XP 问世，并在 2009 年 4 月 14 日结束了主流支持。它以某种形式坚持到 2019 年，然后最终连嵌入式版本都被彻底放弃。随着 2007 年深度集成了 Aero 桌面效果的 Windows Vista，以及两年后的 Windows 7，都让许多用户做出了放弃 XP 的选择。


但倘若微软决定持续发展 Windows XP 的用户界面，而不是在开始菜单变得一团糟后向我们 [道歉](https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/03/windows_11_start_great_again/)，会怎么样？要是当前我们用的不是 Windows 10 或 11，而是 2024 年版的 Windows XP 呢？


不用猜想了，一位叫作 AR 4789 的 YouTube 创作者为我们带来了长达 9 分钟的对 XP 的 [全新想象](https://youtu.be/YLFUl9MW_Ks?si=lYwS5GZ5JuYaZT68)。这位作者对操作系统概念有着独特见解，他的频道中包括了对传闻中的 Windows 12 的多个设想。






然而，这个 XP 的设想让我们忍不住掀起“如果……”的思绪，唤起了对操作系统视觉效果的优缺点的看法。我们想，到 2024 年，微软应该已经解决了“瑞士乳酪”般的各种内部问题吧。


贴心的设计愈发丰富，从任务栏，到开始菜单和对话框，引入了近期版本的微软操作系统的分页设计。我们尤其欣赏那个在视频 07:20 时标记选中深色模式那一刻，熟悉的 Bliss 背景瞬间转变成了星空。


这个视频逼真地还原了一些 Windows XP 设计语言的部分元素，一些令人苦笑的设计。窗口控制按钮看起来过时，因为实际上，它们确实有些年头了，有些 3D 效果对现代审美来说也略显陈旧。


然而，这些都只是个人看法。在作者看来，Windows 11 看上去还不错，或许只是因为我们早已习以为常了。然而，这份充满怀旧之情的概念视频向我们展示了一种可能性，那就是如果微软停止一再尝试的步伐，我们的操作系统会呈现什么样的特色。




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via: <https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/windows_xp_reimagined/>


作者：[Richard Speed](https://www.theregister.com/Author/Richard-Speed) 译者：[ChatGPT](https://linux.cn/lctt/ChatGPT) 校对：[wxy](https://github.com/wxy)


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# What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?

## Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel?

A brave hero has given us a glimpse at an alternative universe, where Microsoft evolved the Windows XP design language. And isn't that a better use of time than coming up with the Copilot key?

Windows XP arrived in 2001 and drew its last breath – at least in terms of mainstream support – on April 14, 2009. It chugged along in one form or another until 2019 when the plug was finally pulled on an embedded version once and for all. However, the arrival of Windows Vista in 2007 with all its Aero fripperies, followed by Windows 7 in 2009, ensured the demise of Windows XP for many users.

But what if Microsoft had opted to stick with the Windows XP user interface rather than [issue apologies](https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/03/windows_11_start_great_again/) for the mess the Start Menu has become? What if, rather than Windows 10 or 11, we were using Windows XP 2024?

Wonder no more, thanks to just over nine minutes of XP [re-imagined](https://youtu.be/YLFUl9MW_Ks?si=lYwS5GZ5JuYaZT68) courtesy of YouTube creator AR 4789. The author has form when it comes to operating system concepts, and a glimpse at the channel shows multiple ideas, including an imagining of what might be in store in the rumored Windows 12.

However, it is the XP render that got the old "What If?" juices flowing, highlighting what was both subjectively good and bad about the operating system's visuals. We assume that by 2024, Microsoft would have sorted the Swiss cheese internals.

Thoughtful touches abound, from the taskbar through the Start Menu and dialogs utilizing some of the paged approaches found in recent versions of Microsoft's operating system. We particularly liked the moment dark mode was selected at the 07:20 mark, and the familiar Bliss backdrop transformed into a starry scene.

[Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again'](https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/03/windows_11_start_great_again/)[Doom is 30, and so is Windows NT. How far we](https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/19/windows_nt_30_years_on/)*haven't*come[Veteran editors Notepad++ and Geany hit milestone versions](https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/06/veteran_editors_notepad_and_geany/)[Nostalgia for XP sells out Microsoft's 2023 'Windows Ugly Sweater'](https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/windows_ugly_sweater_2023/)

Other elements of the Windows XP design language that the video helped us recall are wince-inducing. The window control buttons look like they're from another era because, well, they are, and some of the 3D effects look distinctly dated to modern eyes.

However, these are all subjective complaints. To this writer, Windows 11 looks okay – perhaps it's just familiarity. However, the nostalgic concept video is an insight into what might have been if Microsoft had taken its finger off the reinvent button. ®

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