Originally it was a well-researched and executed concept, see https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/tags/Why+the+New+

Originally it was a well-researched and executed concept, see https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/tags/Why+the+New+UI_3F00_/default.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080316101025/http://blogs.msdn... Nowadays it's just a random hodge-podge no one knows how to use properly.