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Yup. It's startling how many corollaries can be drawn. But I have to hand it to redmond: they had the better UI design, if not the better UX.
by jnoller 16y ago
Yup. It's startling how many corollaries can be drawn. But I have to hand it to redmond: they had the better UI design, if not the better UX.
- cryptoz 16y agoWait, are you saying you think that Microsoft products have better UX than Google products? I'd like to disagree there. My experience with MS products (Windows from 95 until 7, Office, IE) is that they get in your way a lot ("are you sure?" "are you sure?" "your computer is about to reboot", etc). They have lots of focus-stealing dialogs and constant interruptions. Google (search, gmail, maps), on the other hand, tends to stay out of your way and be invisible while you're using their products. I'd consider their UX to be many times better than Microsoft's.
- jnoller 16y agoNo, I meant in the past - when Microsoft was the top-dog and people were talking about them much in the same way as people (I) might be talking about google now. Windows had very valid reasons for becoming wildly popular - ignoring the more questionable practices of their management.