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I think the point here is > wasn't always done with as much thought While Apple cared a lot about perfecting UX, Microsoft had other priorities.
by Cockbrand 3y ago
I think the point here is
> wasn't always done with as much thought
While Apple cared a lot about perfecting UX, Microsoft had other priorities.
- troupo 3y agoMicrosoft did a lot of user and interface research. It wasn't as streamlined as Apple's, but it's incorrect to say that they didn't give it much thought. I don't have a link to OS-level considerations, but here's a series of articles on how MS Office's original ribbon came to be: 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...
- Sakos 3y agoWhat's with this myth that Microsoft never cared about UI/UX design? It's simply not true. They're especially not any better at it now than in the 90s and 00s. Modern designers don't put even a fraction of research into UI design than what Microsoft used to do.
- fortran77 3y agoWindows 3.1 had a beautiful revolutionary design. I remember closely examining all the buttons and icons when I first saw it.
- wongarsu 3y agoMaking things intuitive and easily usable was absolutely a priority of Microsoft back then, and they put a lot more thought in that than most modern "UX" design. Making things pretty wasn't a priority for Microsoft the same way it was for Apple. But I wouldn't call that UX.