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Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by xanadohnt »

hk_kh wrote: post #191
quarterto wrote: post #2

I... don't hate it. What's wrong with me? It's bold, it's fresh, it does a pretty damn good job of shrugging off the Microsoft of the past 25 years.

How is the top menu[1] ok? Grey background with clear blue icons? I would understand with skype because it's not their logo, but even their own blue icons look terrible with that background. Also, the controls on the carousel[2] are off. This is not just fanboy hate, but for a company the size of Microsoft, their homepage should matter. These two examples show that they just don't care. Unrelated to this, I find the…

Just an FYI (and you'll probably hate it more), but the controls(2) are not off. This is part of the new metro sensibility[1].

[1]: http://www.ditii.com/2012/05/22/github-windows-released-supp... (second image down)

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by NTH »

untog wrote: post #63
dhughes wrote: post #41

I can see the anti-Apple mentality of this. Apple icons are glossy this is flat. The icons on an iPad/iPod are small glossy "chicklets" but on Win8 they are flat and large tiles; no black space. I like the look and the design it's a nice change, as for the inner workings of the OS I have no idea since I only used it briefly in a (non-touchscreen) VM.

Different to Apple != anti-Apple I think it is a tremendous disservice to the amount of work that went into the Metro (or whatever it's called now) interface to describe it as an anti-Apple reaction. It isn't, and not everyone in the tech world bases their entire business around what Apple is or is not doing. It wasn't created to spite the memory of Steve Jobs.

Yes, it certainly wasn't created to spite Steve Jobs, because Metro shipped with Windows Phones in November 2010, just under a year before he died.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by odajay »

tptacek wrote: post #123
Jabbles wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh. I wonder why Google chose those colours then? There was a rumour about their first server being made of various colours of lego bricks, but maybe someone put more thought into it...

The full-saturation primary colors, plus green? Because they're obvious.

Aa

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by ghaff »

sp332 wrote: post #90
Millennium wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So basically, Segoe is to Myriad as Arial is to Helvetica. Got it.

It's more like they're both similar to Frutiger. And Myriad is barely 2 years older than Segoe, and it was developed by Agfa not MS, so it's not likely that it was copied. While Arial was kind of a crappy font, MS's new stuff (Consolas, Calibri etc.) has been pretty nice.

They're all Humanist fonts so there's a fair amount of family resemblance. So take the school of thought that finds Helvetica boring and corporate and apply to the new Segoe-based Microsoft logo. One thing I find interesting is that there was some legal brouhaha over Segoe a few years ago which appears to be all resolved but still makes it a little surprising to me that they'd go so all-in in such a visible context.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by horacio »

tharris0101 wrote: post #103

The four boxes don't bother me, but the segoe font is way too plain. I guess they use that font on everything, though.

Their choice to use their own Segoe typeface is what will make this a less-pleasing logo than it could have been.

Segoe looks good in its intended use for text on screen, and printed text at small and normal sizes, but Segoe does not look good at very large sizes.

When this logo appears on billboards, and in other large display settings, its weaknesses will become apparent.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by DASD »

systems wrote: post #85
sudonim wrote: post #7

The logo is O.K. Their homepage http://microsoft.com looks like a mix between a "corporate" website template you'd buy for $50 and a domain squatting page with amazon referral links. Gosh I want to cheer for microsoft but they make it real hard.

i think the worst part about their new homepage is the "Welcome to Microsoft" white bare/space at the top, they could, and should have made better use of that space

Not only that but why is "Welcome to Microsoft" an image(png) and not text?

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by cdmckay »

iaskwhy wrote: post #73
mitjak wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. It's fairly in line with the new Metro and Phone 7 UIs. Not as polished though: * In Chrome, the carousel controls at the top right are cut off. Intentional? * The "For home" and "For work" buttons on the right shrink the margins between themselves and the carousel on hover but never quite bridge the gap, which looks awkward to my eye. * The carousel is gigantic and hides all the content below it on all but…

"In Chrome, the carousel controls at the top right are cut off. Intentional?" Intentional, it's the same in every other browser. It's similar to Internet Explorer's new back and forward buttons.

Looks pretty awful if it's on purpose.

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by MartinCron »

emddudley wrote: post #128
colanderman wrote: post #99

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Not to mention the URL… http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx , really? Have they not heard of internal/external URL mapping and Accept-Language? Not to mention it won't even load for me; I guess they don't cache this stuff either.

Actually I noticed that they've recently started leaving off the .aspx extension on their MSDN pages. For example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tt0cf3sx

That will happen more as they move from Asp.net webforms to ASP.NET MVC. the aspx extension has become shorthand for "someone still needs to upgrade that"

Re: Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987

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Post by hk_kh »

xanadohnt wrote: post #201
hk_kh wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is the top menu[1] ok? Grey background with clear blue icons? I would understand with skype because it's not their logo, but even their own blue icons look terrible with that background. Also, the controls on the carousel[2] are off. This is not just fanboy hate, but for a company the size of Microsoft, their homepage should matter. These two examples show that they just don't care. Unrelated to this, I find the…

Just an FYI (and you'll probably hate it more), but the controls(2) are not off. This is part of the new metro sensibility[1]. [1]: http://www.ditii.com/2012/05/22/github-windows-released-supp... (second image down)

Now I know...

Why on earth?

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