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I haven't been following much of android development but is it starting to look like WP7? I only say this because both of the screenshots on the page look very

by lbotos 14y ago

I haven't been following much of android development but is it starting to look like WP7? I only say this because both of the screenshots on the page look very very much inspired by WP7. https://lh3.ggpht.com/3Pu3EHP1QUr9oI-YdIPQE5BxWYVGZ_DzPwhReSX9XSBRckTHFrBr6PV8DDQIY7S8usk https://lh3.ggpht.com/3Pu3EHP1QUr9oI-YdIPQE5BxWYVGZ_DzPwhReS... - Metro-esque https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN8GPzRZXY4qe_pxHBdmXmtJeyRIZ8qA https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN... - Big airy sans, open spaces, riding the line of minimalist, etc.

recoiledsnake 14y ago
There have been many instances of Google design resembling Metro. For example: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions.html http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions.html
mtgx 14y ago
Google started that design language quite a while ago with Google+ and all the new designs for their services. The big images thing came a long time ago in the Chrome Webstore as well: https://chrome.google.com/webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore Why do people have to immediately associate something with something else even if it's only 5-10% similar?
- lbotos 14y ago
  Metro: http://andrewtechhelp.com/images/stories/windows8devpreview/MetroAppBar.png http://andrewtechhelp.com/images/stories/windows8devpreview/... Google: https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN8GPzRZXY4qe_pxHBdmXmtJeyRIZ8qA https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN... If I remove the "Google" logo from the second image would you think it was just Google's design language? Design doesn't happen in isolation. It's a product of everything that influenced the designer. I thought it was interesting because: 1) They look to be headed the same direction as microsoft. 2) The images they chose to use to showcase their new tablet look to be "metro".

by lbotos 14y ago

recoiledsnake 14y ago

There have been many instances of Google design resembling Metro. For example: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions.html http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions.html

mtgx 14y ago

Google started that design language quite a while ago with Google+ and all the new designs for their services. The big images thing came a long time ago in the Chrome Webstore as well: https://chrome.google.com/webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore Why do people have to immediately associate something with something else even if it's only 5-10% similar?

lbotos 14y ago
Metro: http://andrewtechhelp.com/images/stories/windows8devpreview/MetroAppBar.png http://andrewtechhelp.com/images/stories/windows8devpreview/... Google: https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN8GPzRZXY4qe_pxHBdmXmtJeyRIZ8qA https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN... If I remove the "Google" logo from the second image would you think it was just Google's design language? Design doesn't happen in isolation. It's a product of everything that influenced the designer. I thought it was interesting because: 1) They look to be headed the same direction as microsoft. 2) The images they chose to use to showcase their new tablet look to be "metro".