Too much space between "windows 8" and the actual window.
Redesigning the Windows Logo
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Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Huh what? The UI has been pretty much the same since Windows 95. Meanwhile OS X changed the scrolling, and lost scrollbars and a whole bunch of other changes in Lion that people aren't very fond of. The public seems to have gotten along very well with the Windows 7 UI over XP without much, if any re-learning. Vista was different because it actually changed the security and driver model, breaking a lot of hardware and…
Vista's UI is terrible but it wasn't until Windows 7 that I figured out why: Vista is the half-complete transition from the XP UI to the 7 UI. As such, it's got loads of issues and inconsistencies.
I know the moving control panel, network properties etc. led to a lot of annoyances, but in terms of the actual window handling, taskbar, start menu, how was it terrible?
The search box on the start menu was itself a huge leap over XP. That was the single big thing I missed in XP.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#33I've actually grown to like the monochrome treatment of the Windows 7 logo: http://www.seeklogo.com/images/W/windows-logo-C2E55C2526-see...
It looks quite nice on the back of monitor screens, for example.
The extreme fake parallax in the new logo just ends up making it look unbalanced to me, like it's about to fall off my screen. I understand if they want to go all "Swiss" on the next logo...but if so, they shouldn't have had any parallax at all. When I see it, I don't think "Metro", and I don't think "Windows", I just think...apartment building.
Also, see commentary on Brand New: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/with_win...
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#34I've never seen the original Windows 1.0 logo before (or maybe it's just been so long that I've forgotten), but I actually think that's far and away the best logo they've ever had.
i agree. i've never seen that one before. in fact, they should take the font-style from the new logo and add the old window icon from 1.0, maybe adjust the blue in "windows" in the new logo to match 1.0 as well..
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#35"By that, we mean it does not try to emulate faux-industrial design characteristics such as materiality (glass, wood, plastic, etc.)." Is "materiality" code for "skeumorphism"? Either way, it's a big middle finger to Apple.
One noticeable thing, tho not jarring, is how the window panels have vanishing points but the bars (cross) do not.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Vista's UI is terrible but it wasn't until Windows 7 that I figured out why: Vista is the half-complete transition from the XP UI to the 7 UI. As such, it's got loads of issues and inconsistencies.
I know the moving control panel, network properties etc. led to a lot of annoyances, but in terms of the actual window handling, taskbar, start menu, how was it terrible? The search box on the start menu was itself a huge leap over XP. That was the single big thing I missed in XP.
Far enough, anything unchanged from XP isn't terrible. And the start menu search box is a big improvement even if the rest of the start menu seems worse.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#37"Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?"
I wonder how much they paid to listen to an expert ask that question when it was likely asked, and ignored, internally for years.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#38Paula asked us a simple question, “your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?”
I have never really asked myself that question as a consumer. I have never felt "confused" that the logo is NOT a window. I have just generally liked Windows, the operating system, and have become fond of the brand after 15 years of use.
This assumes that your logo MUST be a literal representation of your name. I'm curious to know why. Without it, it just seems like an opinion of someone named Paula.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#39I've never seen the original Windows 1.0 logo before (or maybe it's just been so long that I've forgotten), but I actually think that's far and away the best logo they've ever had.
Something interesting to me is how the Windows 1 logo looks like the old ethernet 10base2 icon. A bit ahead of its time, in that sense --I don't think windows 1 was networkable.
Re: Redesigning the Windows Logo
#40Paula asked us a simple question, “your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?” I have never really asked myself that question as a consumer. I have never felt "confused" that the logo is NOT a window. I have just generally liked Windows, the operating system, and have become fond of the brand after 15 years of use. This assumes that your logo MUST be a literal representation of your name. I'm curious to know why. With…
As opposed to an opinion of someone named zaidf?