Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

Post by speed_spread » Wed, Nov 30, 2022, 12:41 AM UTC

yoyohello13 wrote: post #111

LarryDarrell wrote: post #14

I would love to see a similar paper by the Windows 11 design team. The 95 group seemed to be very responsive to how users were using or failing to use the OS. I've been on Win11 for a few months, and I'm confused who these changes are for. It could be that the Eternal September means things have to be dumbed down and locked down, catering to the least capable users. Or maybe design decisions are being made at a highe…

It is kind of crazy that Microsoft collects more Telemetry data than ever, yet their software and interfaces are more broken than ever.

Post by guestbest » Wed, Nov 30, 2022, 4:12 PM UTC

hayley-patton wrote: post #163

guestbest wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s amazing how fast everything in the core system runs when it runs trusted.

Didn't putting so much rendering code in kernel-space also produce a lot of security bugs in NT? Would be nice to run trustable code in a trusted context if one wants to do so.

Post by kristopolous » Thu, Dec 01, 2022, 12:06 PM UTC

dporan wrote: post #135

kristopolous wrote: post #66

I've long suspected the start menu was intended to be on the top of the screen. In all other applications when you want to shut it down, it's the last option on the list. If you move the start menu to the top, then shutdown does indeed become the last on the list and the most common option, "Programs" becomes the closest by Fitts Law standards. Even in the Program Manager in Windows 3.1, the Run and Shutdown options…

I created the Start Menu and Taskbar, and I did intend for them to be at the top of the screen. http://blogs.harvard.edu/danieloran/2022/11/28/qa-about-the-...