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> we wouldn't need "dark mode" or the such if the UIs had any contrast and were legible Have you tried dark mode in Windows 11? It turns the entire window bar
by alpaca128 3y ago
> we wouldn't need "dark mode" or the such if the UIs had any contrast and were legible
Have you tried dark mode in Windows 11? It turns the entire window bar black, if multiple window bars happen to overlap it is impossible to tell them apart visually. On top of that in some programs it also turns the close/min/max window buttons completely black unless hovered by the cursor!
Microsoft should fire everyone at the company who ever made a UX design decision - except for the people who made the Windows Phone 8 UI, their only consistent and intuitive UI in the last 15 years.
- Dalewyn 3y agoI use "dark" mode in Windows 11, but it turns the title bar a nice blue shade since I actually went and configured it (it's right next to the mode setting). I actually can't configure the color in "light" mode where it's always white if I recall, though. The other criticisms are valid though, the last good Explorer UI was Windows 7.
- psd1 3y agoWindows Phone was visually stunning. Thanks for reminding me of it! I don't know what you mean about turning the window bar black. Did you set the theme to "high contrast"? I've used dark mode on windows since it became an OS feature and never had that problem. Microsoft's UX has been poor since Win8, but not for graphical reasons. 10 and 11 look great out of the box - far better than any other OS I've seen, although tbf I haven't done much distro-hopping.