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Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by devinmcafee »

This appears to be a mirror of OSX with the floating taskbar at the bottom with center aligned app icons, this is exactly how OSX has the dock configured. Also the system info in the top right.

I wonder if the team over at Microsoft is trying to match the look and feel of OSX in order to shorten the gap between the two operating systems and reduce friction of switching between the two.

Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by smoldesu »

devinmcafee wrote: post #2

This appears to be a mirror of OSX with the floating taskbar at the bottom with center aligned app icons, this is exactly how OSX has the dock configured. Also the system info in the top right. I wonder if the team over at Microsoft is trying to match the look and feel of OSX in order to shorten the gap between the two operating systems and reduce friction of switching between the two.

Honestly this more reminds me of the floating panels in KDE Plasma: https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-5-25-beta-is-here-with-floa...

Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by baeaz »

devinmcafee wrote: post #2

This appears to be a mirror of OSX with the floating taskbar at the bottom with center aligned app icons, this is exactly how OSX has the dock configured. Also the system info in the top right. I wonder if the team over at Microsoft is trying to match the look and feel of OSX in order to shorten the gap between the two operating systems and reduce friction of switching between the two.

If I had to guess, I would say that the designers who have been in charge of Windows for years are twenty-something year olds who have never used Windows in their lives.

Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by thesuperbigfrog »

"We want it to look like MacOS, but without any consistency and keeping some system components that were written for Windows XP, but we haven't bothered to update yet."

"It will require the lastest processors and 32 GB of RAM because OEMs need to sell computers and all of the windows components are using Electron (or similar memory-hungry web UIs)."

"Teams and Loop will be fully integrated to enable maximum synergy for organizations and pro-sumers."

"MSN and News will also be fully integrated to help keep users informed about current events, their favorite celebrities, and great deals that are availble when they shop with Edge and search with Bing."

Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by seritools »

baeaz wrote: post #5
devinmcafee wrote: post #2

This appears to be a mirror of OSX with the floating taskbar at the bottom with center aligned app icons, this is exactly how OSX has the dock configured. Also the system info in the top right. I wonder if the team over at Microsoft is trying to match the look and feel of OSX in order to shorten the gap between the two operating systems and reduce friction of switching between the two.

If I had to guess, I would say that the designers who have been in charge of Windows for years are twenty-something year olds who have never used Windows in their lives.

Since the Win11 taskbar "redesign" I'm also 100% convinced of that. They also don't use mouse and keyboard it seems (touchpad/touchscreen only).

Re: Microsoft accidentally revealed a UI design prototype for the next Windows

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Post by opan »

devinmcafee wrote: post #2

This appears to be a mirror of OSX with the floating taskbar at the bottom with center aligned app icons, this is exactly how OSX has the dock configured. Also the system info in the top right. I wonder if the team over at Microsoft is trying to match the look and feel of OSX in order to shorten the gap between the two operating systems and reduce friction of switching between the two.

Rather than copying macOS, phone UIs come to mind. Your bar at the top with info, dock at the bottom of the homescreen with shortcuts. It's felt like phones were taking over for a while. You could perhaps argue that iOS and Android UI design was influenced by older Mac OS versions originally, I guess.
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