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Very interesting site that replicates the OS X experience in your browser.
FlyakiteOSX - Modify . Simplify . Aquafy [The Official Site]
Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:18 AM EDT
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...except that it *doesn't* replicate the OS X experience. It replicates the look. There's much more to an operating system than it's skin...
#1 - Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:14 PM EDT...imitation is the sincerest form....
...beauty is in the eye of...
...Windows Vista Aero provides spectacular glass-like interface element visual effects...
#2 - Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:06 PM EDTActually, you're supposed to download the Flyakite program - which turns your Windows XP interface to something very much akin to Mac OS X. I've fooled quite a few people who've walked into my office with the suite from Flyakite. If you're an OS X fanatic, but forced to use XP, take a look at it.
#3 - Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:48 PM EDTActually, you're supposed to download the Flyakite program - which turns your Windows XP interface to something very much akin to Mac OS X.
Again, it may look like OS X, but it doesn't work like OS X.
So, how does Quicksilver run on it? ;)
#4 - Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:10 PM EDTOf course it won't work exactly like OS X, but it is an attempt at a replication of the experience. Whether it is a complete replication, is debateable (I agree with you tcervo it looks more like OS X than it acts), but it is a replication nonetheless. :)
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