I just threw up in my mouth, a little.
Microsoft Designer
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#22Microsoft has an absolutely terrible track record in the creative productivity category to the point that their previous entrants fell somewhere between “toy” and “joke.” I don’t have high hopes here, personally.
I would wager MS Paint has done more to spark creativity and set people on a path to becoming digital artists than any other piece of software in history like Photoshop. I wouldn't underestimate the power of 'toy' programs.
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#23Microsofts 3D video team always put all this effort into making the uis look good and fluid but it's all just fantasy, the disconnect between what the marketing team is saying it is and what the reality of their software is jarring.
The video is way too fast, I could barely tell what was going on. If you scroll past the video, the feature screenshots and animations are way more compelling.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wait I'm genuinely curious: what's wrong with Calculator?
"Windows 11 calculator is creating many problems such as the app surprisingly crashes, opens then immediately closes, or not performs as expected. Some people complain that the built-in Microsoft Store application does not work after they have received an update." [1] The fact that there are 14 ways to fix the Calculator app listed in this article, including even "Disable Windows Firewall temporarily", is simply beyo…
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#25I don’t even understand what this is supposed to do. Looks like rebranded stable diffusion rebranded as illustrator but without features.
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#26Microsoft has an absolutely terrible track record in the creative productivity category to the point that their previous entrants fell somewhere between “toy” and “joke.” I don’t have high hopes here, personally.
I would wager MS Paint has done more to spark creativity and set people on a path to becoming digital artists than any other piece of software in history like Photoshop. I wouldn't underestimate the power of 'toy' programs.
Not sure how that's relevant in this context but maybe you're saying designers should just stick with MS Paint instead of this new software?
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#27Microsofts 3D video team always put all this effort into making the uis look good and fluid but it's all just fantasy, the disconnect between what the marketing team is saying it is and what the reality of their software is jarring.
I dunno man, Teams has only given me a slight headache this morning instead of a cluster migraine.
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#28I expect hoards of graphic designers to arrive at Redmond with pitchforks and torches this afternoon.
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#29I don’t even understand what this is supposed to do. Looks like rebranded stable diffusion rebranded as illustrator but without features.
It's just more randomness to pad out their Microsoft 365 offerings. It's like that horrible buffet you keep visiting because it's cheap and, well, cheap.
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#30The current design ideas in MS products are terrible so I doubt how much AI can help that.
I AM curious to see how design tools evolve to work with all this new AI tech being integrated. I wonder how long is left before pixel pushing is just for final polish and a designer's role shifts to focus on properly explaining the nuance of a problem to a chatbot.
Soon we'll all be Celery Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAFcEU6atk).