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"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.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs15/f/2007/113/9/d/Old_Window_by...
Hmmm, I think I've seen it somewhere. Indeed: http://stocklogos.com/topic/past-and-future-famous-logos
I'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.
"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.
Ever since Windows 3.1, I viewed the faux 3D window decorations as an insulting waste of my processing time. The Windows logo was merely an extrapolation of MS's attitude that "Now that we have such powerful computers, we can merrily waste all that power with this increasingly bloated but supposedly impressive OS." That attitude was not unique to them, at all. Apple has been equally guilty of it for longer than Micro…
I recall reading an article which talked about the kernel team assigning level numbers to every kernel component, giving the GUI a high level processor scheduling and such a low level, and trying to reduce the dependency between the different levels. Minwin was merely a Windows kernel that has none of the higher level components, but the problem with it is that they didn't manage to completely modularize the kernel so that if you would add some new components they would require a slew of other components.
Still, they've managed to make Internet Explorer optional, but I'm not sure what other benefits the modularization of Windows Vista's kernel has brought.
Paula 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…
I'm curious to see when/if they update the Windows key on laptops and keyboards.
"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.
I'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.
Interestingly that logo accurately represents the way "Windows" worked in Windows 1.0. It didn't have overlapping windows. So the lines within the windows represent the dividers of the UI between the window areas. You could make one window bigger by moving a divider over, making all the windows on the other side of that divider smaller. There was no concept of windows being in front of or behind each other (like ther…
"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.
not really a flag... i guess they look at something like this for "window" http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs15/f/2007/113/9/d/Old_Window_by...
