jackslap Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Sorry forgot about that reguirement Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-584388149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardryve Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Do you have a download link for it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-584848044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted May 1, 2005 Share Posted May 1, 2005 I just found a slightly interesting piece of information from the microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.winfs newsgroup, post dated 2005-04-18. It touches on the current state of WinFS and what'll be in place of it in the RTM Longhorn until WinFS is done: "Virtual Folders will take the place of WinFS until it is ready:The latest build of Longhorn is engineered with a visualise and organise tool dubbed Virtual Folder. The tool, an advanced version of indexing in Windows XP and 2000, goes beyond search and allows users to view, store, index and retrieve graphical representations of their related application files that are neatly stacked and readily accessible from large graphical folders. Virtual Folder is reminiscent of early UI builds of WinFS technology, but is based on original Cairo technology planned for NT and advanced indexing technology currently in Windows XP and 2000. WinFS is now planned for release beyond Longhorn" The info should be much because of what Microsoft's Jim Allchin said in a recent interview. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585858573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whonotu Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 hi, does anybody know how winfs handles big files? does it have to handle them beeing an engine on top of ntfs? i'm a little bit confused... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585918528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_demilord Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 WINFS ain't a filesystem it's just a extra layer on top of NTFS nothing more nothing less. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585922062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 WINFS ain't a filesystem it's just a extra layer on top of NTFS nothing more nothing less. 585922062[/snapback] You have no idea what it is from that remark. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585922138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_demilord Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I guess you don't :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585926517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whonotu Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 yeep, you are right: WinFS aint no file system just data storage. got a lil confused cause some of the officals keep calling it a file system. buts it is more like google for the desktop (just another search engine)... dont yell at me i know it can do more than this... in a few days ill show you what ive founf out (not finished yet) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585928014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 I guess you don't :laugh: 585926517[/snapback] Having been to various Microsoft conferences discussing things such as WinFS and following the progress of OFS which was part of the now defunct Cairo I think I do know what this is. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585928107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 yeep, you are right: WinFS aint no file system just data storage. got a lil confused cause some of the officals keep calling it a file system. buts it is more like google for the desktop (just another search engine)... dont yell at me i know it can do more than this... in a few days ill show you what ive founf out (not finished yet) 585928014[/snapback] Winfs is a unified datastore. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-585928117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renshaw Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 just wondering if it will search as you type as in OSX...then sort them by most relivent, and giving you a instent result Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-586017022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_notm Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 just wondering if it will search as you type as in OSX...then sort them by most relivent, and giving you a instent result 586017022[/snapback] Longhorn has featured instant search/filtering technology in every build we've seen, even 5048. Just open an explorer window. I'd also expect, based on how MSN's WDS works, that there will be some kind of taskbar based search box that offers find-as-you-type. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-586017126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle-dude Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Winfs is a unified datastore. Jason, stop insulting other people and acting like you know better than they do. You spout the official buzzwords but you seem to have no clue about what it really is or how it is implimented. It is a layer on top of NTFS. All datastores exist as sets of files in the NTFS filesystem. There is nothing magical about WinFS. On a conceptual level, it is really no different than the metadata (spotlight) database in HFS+ in Tiger. You are confusing implementation details with how it works. It really does now matter what format the data is stored in. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-587676784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Umm ya.... WinFS is now officially a lost project Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-587686268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 It's not a "lost" project, they're still developing the technology, it just won't be made available as an independent product i.e. for Vista. I think they're integrating it into the SQL server product line :/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-587688001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xUnix Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 It's not a "lost" project, they're still developing the technology, it just won't be made available as an independent product i.e. for Vista. I think they're integrating it into the SQL server product line :/ god knows when it will be release!!! :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-587963241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 winFS .,, 8 years later............. god knows when it will be release!!! :no: it basically vaporized into other products after all the years. muhahahaha!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-593548172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaic Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 winFS .,, 8 years later............. it basically vaporized into other products after all the years. muhahahaha!!! why was this thread resurrected? seriously? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-593548180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 This thread should be locked and unpinned :/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-593561104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sranshaft Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Somebody be using zombie powerz. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-593570440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
switch6 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hello everyone, I am using my powers to re-resurrect this thread from the grave. Does anyone think Microsoft will bring back Win-FS in Windows 10? Maybe as an add-on? I kind of wish there was some movement on this over the past 10 or so years since it was first announced... Edit: I'm not sorry for resurrecting this thread. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-596812482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Does anyone think Microsoft will bring back Win-FS in Windows 10? Maybe as an add-on? One would have a better chance wishing upon a star. I also don't think you will find many ardent supporters of "WinFS" on this site. I have previously tried to discuss its benefits before Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-596812696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i4mt3hwin Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Most if not all the benefits of WinFS have already been included in the OS in varying ways. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-596812702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Does anyone think Microsoft will bring back Win-FS in Windows 10? Maybe as an add-on? I kind of wish there was some movement on this over the past 10 or so years since it was first announced... I think you will be happy to know, switch6, that functionality similar to what was intended for "WinFS" has made its way to Cortana. Josh the Nerd 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-596885000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Most if not all the benefits of WinFS have already been included in the OS in varying ways. Well, the thing I was most excited about was the self-descriptive metadata system, which really isn't in the OS. Its also a difficult thing to implement, because even if they put it in, it would be hard to transfer a file from a Windows machine to a Linux machine and keep the metadata intact. But it would have been exciting if they could have got it done. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/111679-what-is-winfs/page/3/#findComment-596885004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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