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Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by tmzt » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:23 AM UTC

So why didn't their Surface launch site look like that?? And will they be fixing search (other than including Google GSE which would be a vast improvement).

Edited to add: the answer to my last question is 'no': http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/search#q=surface

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by dkroy » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:38 AM UTC

What is bi:index used for?

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by molmalo » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:40 AM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #71

molmalo wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he he is being sarcastic, about the recent changes to VS 2012, having all-caps menus. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/05/a-de...

Oh god, I thought that was an April Fools joke. Does Microsoft not hire design people? It looks horrific!

Given that the post is called "A DESIGN WITH ALL-CAPS" (yeah, the title is all-caps, funny thing), maybe, the real problem precisely that they are supporting their designers's view, over their user's feedback. You know, trying to defend their "artistic integrity"...

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by FACKER » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:43 AM UTC

HTML5

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by FACKER » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:43 AM UTC

HTML5

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by FACKER » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:45 AM UTC

ineedtosleep wrote: post #4

rsoto wrote: post #2

Weird, I can't see anything if Adblock is on. Make sure yours is whitelisting microsoft.com (at least temporarily).

I see everything fine here. Using Linux with: * Chrome 21.0.1180.4 dev with AdBlock * Firefox 13.0.1 with AdBlock Plus and NoScript with all scripts blocked

with AD BLOCK PLUS beta! i see evrything fine, Same versions as above!

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by chris_wot » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:51 AM UTC

That's a totally odd font choice they are using. Check out the "d", the "b" and the "p" - looks horrible in Firefox 13! [1]

Oh, and it looks terrible in Internet Explorer 8, as the layout is completely out of whack. [2]

1. http://static.inky.ws/image/2290/image.jpg

2. http://static.inky.ws/image/2291/image.jpg

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by chris_wot » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:56 AM UTC

molmalo wrote: post #83

duaneb wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh god, I thought that was an April Fools joke. Does Microsoft not hire design people? It looks horrific!

Given that the post is called "A DESIGN WITH ALL-CAPS" (yeah, the title is all-caps, funny thing), maybe, the real problem precisely that they are supporting their designers's view, over their user's feedback. You know, trying to defend their "artistic integrity"...

What's really funny is that a whole bunch of people are responding in the comments with all caps :-)

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by aik » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 6:15 AM UTC

mnicole wrote: post #79

bjg wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should use the feedback button on the right!

Oh man, I almost choked on my water. I've got some feedback: don't absolute position annoying and generic elements that distract me from your product(s). .. that being said, it is pretty cute when it's shrunk down for mobile.

Choking on water? That's a curiously strong reaction to a very common location for a feedback button!?

They obviously want some feedback on their new design. Where would you place it?

Re: Microsoft.com New Design Preview

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Post by sjwright » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 6:31 AM UTC

fratis wrote: post #36

We've all known it for a while, but this redesign (which I think is quite nice compared to Microsoft's previous efforts) throws their logo into stark relief. It looks outdated. It doesn't match. I'm speculating that we'll see an across-the-board Microsoft rebrand within the next two years, including a new logo for the company. They've rebranded their core software offering, they're now changing directions on their ha…

I disagree, and I don't think they're going to change their logo. The Microsoft logo isn't particularly creative, but at least it's not Verizon ugly.

(Wanna know what is Verizon ugly? The new Windows logo.)