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Aero was amazing. Windows XP and Windows 7 were big UI revolutions. Even when Windows 7 was active, there were plenty of projects trying to bring Windows XP an
by nonstopdev 3y ago
Aero was amazing. Windows XP and Windows 7 were big UI revolutions.
Even when Windows 7 was active, there were plenty of projects trying to bring Windows XP and Aero to Linux GUIs.
- GloriousKoji 3y agoYou have to go through archives to find them now but Microsoft used to publish reports on all their usability studies and it really gave me the sense of thoughtful and useful design of their UI elements. My favorite is the mouse ballistics https://web.archive.org/web/20110623221617/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463319.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20110623221617/http://msdn.micro... Saddly it seems like the latest trend is just to make things new and trendy with junk like rounded corners, low contrast flat colors and no delineation or highlighting for distinct elements.