Yeah, I know there's more to the upcoming (2005? 2006? 2010 - Odyssey Two?) Windows Longhorn than the superficial UI features, but I'm sorry, I've vomited better UI's than this hideous new Explorer layout. Um... How much screen space is completely wasted here? Is this a conspiracy to sell 36 inch monitors? And why are my game icons enclosed in ice cubes? And, what's with that stupid big friggin' clock they seem so proud of? And how about leaving some room for files in the file save dialog? That gigantic purple bar doesn't really seem to add much to the file saving experience for me.

More screenshots here, but... I mean... bleah.

Seriously, is there ONE person at Microsoft who attended a graphic design course at any point in their LIFE? The utter lack of visual coherence here is baffling. Does ANYONE outside of Apple have ANY experience in software graphic design? Microsoft, you have FORTY BILLION DOLLARS in cash. You can send one programmer to a summer graphic design course at the local community college, guys!