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Beautiful Windows 8 concept

120 points by dutchbrit 14y ago

gouranga 14y ago
Looks like ChromeOS Aura: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Chrome_OS_21.0.1172_Aura_Dev.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Chrome_OS_21.0... I still like my 90's plinth buttons - at least I know which is a button and which is a piece of headline text.
risratorn 14y ago
Really stunning visuals, clean and usable. But one thing bothers me and that is that it will never in reality be as clean, crisp and visually consistent as in the screenshots. Take http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6697/explorer2.jpg http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6697/explorer2.jpg for example, the problem there is that in the screenshot it's all aligned and nicely ordered but i can't help noticing he only displays landscape pictures. Same goes for several other concept screens. I don't want to break down his work but it's just that there are many great concepts that I would love to see come to reality but once they have it isn't all that like I thought it would be. UI/UX really is hard :)
ScottWhigham 14y ago
This is one of those situations where the UI is gorgeous but the UX is awful for a certain demographic. And that's nothing against the designer - he created a UI design, not a UX model, and I think he did a good job on it. From a UX perspective, however, this is just going to be awful for anyone who is a power user or who is concerned with productivity. I'm both and, if I was forced into using something like that for my main work, I'd end up scrolling and clicking my way to insanity trying to accomplish a task. There's so much white space that it would drive everyone who already knows computers well crazy. The low information density - it's just maddening to someone like me (and probably you as well, since you're on HN).
- weego 14y ago
  I was going to say almost the same thing. This is what a designer thinks looks good but there is no solution to any problems here, just more problems that aren't obvious in a single screen-shot. It's the same problem as when as web developer gets the signed off design and realises that the whole design falls apart when any number of variable elements go in because the designer narrowed in on making a flat image look good rather than exploring every possible outcome of that UI. The biggest initial problem is exploration and sign-posting (making discovery of user objectives easier either explicitly or subtly). The is no room for sign-posting because everything is flat and white. Also the contrast looks good in a flat image, but would drive people nuts after a while (and would break most contrast requirements for accessibility). Don't get me wrong, it's lovely... but no one will ever produce a commercial OS UI like this.
- politician 14y ago
  Is there a rule that OS desktop UX must be one-size-fits-all?
wangweij 14y ago
Why do the computer and skype windows have so thick title bars?
- modarts 14y ago
  Pretty much a design staple of Metro.
  - wangweij 14y ago
    Oh, I thought Metro means a huge title in super thin font, and you can scroll either vertical or horizontal.
Groxx 14y ago
Previous discussion (~3 months ago): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3633526 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3633526 edit: nevermind, they're the same person. edit2: on second viewing... I still hate it. So far towards artsy-minimalism, so far from function.
TamDenholm 14y ago
I saw this a few months ago (i cant remember where) and i'm sure there were a whole load more screenshots to go with it. While i'd love to see this and it is undeniably beautiful, its not really what i'd call a practical solution. This makes me wonder, is it only beautiful because its a concept? It only looks so good because its free from practical restriction, what would it look like if it was made into a real world application? This also makes me ask, is the only way to radically change UI to come up with a completely new from scratch paradigm, and if so, is this why we have metro?
- pigeonfriend 14y ago
  http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui...
  - dutchbrit 14y ago
    This is where I saw it first too, thanks for posting the link - couldn't remember where, just knew it was on Dribbble too. A lot more other screenshots on The Verge.
  - duqee 14y ago
    Thanks for posting! Stunning visuals, really love this design.
- vrishabh 14y ago
  > This also makes me ask, is the only way to radically change UI to come up with a completely new from scratch paradigm, and if so, is this why we have metro? Surely, quite a lot of time a design can be tweaked in its current version to make some great changes which drastically improve upon the usability. But on the contrary I think that Windows has reached a stage where some minor tweaks in its current incarnation won't make a lot of difference. It can only be optimized not radically improved until it is completely though from bottom up. You might like to read about the concept of "Local Maximum"[1] on 52 weeks of UX. Here's a excerpt from the post. Do you ever feel that your design has become stale and that despite your making lots of little changes to it over time without any big overhaul there is just no way to drastically improve it? If so you’ve probably hit what Andrew Chen calls the “Local Maximum”. [1]http://52weeksofux.com/post/694598769/the-local-maximum http://52weeksofux.com/post/694598769/the-local-maximum
tathagata 14y ago
This is very nice. Also a bit retro? Reminds me about a linux GTK theme I was using a long time ago.
axefrog 14y ago
Really nice, though it begs the question; seeing as you can't meaningfully affect Windows 8's design without joining Microsoft on the relevant team(s), why not apply your design skills to the Linux desktop, either Gnome or KDE (I don't know which is more popular as I'm not really a Linux user). Improving the Linux GUI's presentation is always a good thing in terms of improving end-user adoption.
- dutchbrit 14y ago
  Would be a great theme for Ubuntu or something similar, indeed. Ps, I'm not the designer - just thought of this when I saw the Windows 8 logo concept on HN
  - planckscnst 14y ago
    Elegant Brit is the most similar, and is my favorite set of themes. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553
- rplnt 14y ago
  Gnome is probably more popular. My believe is that KDE is much more superior, at least on the surface. KDE is highly skinable, I'd say Gnome is too. There are thousands of various themes available and this one would be lost between them. Windows is skinable as well, and you have hundreds and thousands of themes for it as well. So you can do this as a hobby, mostly for a portfolio.
  - facorreia 14y ago
    Or sell it as a theme and make money off it.
    - mitjak 14y ago
      Can't remember the last time I payed for a theme. Especially since they look great on a screenshot but often turn out irritating in use.
pacomerh 14y ago
Why doesn't Desktop Mode look like this already?. Everyone else seems to understand that this is the logical look to achieve. Even Git for windows and Zune have this skin already. edit: github not git, my bad.
- skrebbel 14y ago
  Nitpicky, I know, but that's Github for Windows. Git is not the same as Github, folks.
pigeonfriend 14y ago
Yawn, this was featured on the verge ages ago http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui...
- pohl 14y ago
  Your unit of measurement (an "age") must be no more than 9 weeks, since you used the plural and it has only been 18. Yet it sounds like an impressive duration. Must be like dog-years.
signalsignal 14y ago
Reminds me of LiteStep.
- edkennedy 14y ago
  I used to love Litestep. You know if there was an OS that took the lead in making customization and skinning accessible, it would be quite a great step forward. Instead we have third party programs and customizations that don't quite cut it.
  - takluyver 14y ago
    KDE is famous for making everything customisable. But the market for skinning software isn't that big - most people will never go looking for that feature. So it's much more important that it looks good by default.
mariusmg 14y ago
There's a good reason why the Zune "design" (which this "concept" is copying) is not used more often. It's a usability nightmare.
- ScottWhigham 14y ago
  My problem is that, since I've never used a Zune, I have no frame of reference with which to understand your comment. Can you elaborate?
- deleted 14y ago
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nelmaven 14y ago
It looks too bland but definitely better than what Microsoft decided for Windows 8. The metro UI is just not usable for a normal desktop configuration.
- tfb 14y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can revert to Windows 7 style for normal desktop use, as Windows 8 is designed for touch screens. Although I heard you can't make the reversion permanent; you have to manually revert after each boot. But that would seem kind of silly to not be able to set the default style, so my sources could be misinformed.
shasty 14y ago
It really is beautiful. If I didnt know it was going to annoy me to no end like all windows apps do, I would try it. Very good effort.
conradfr 14y ago
Elegant (and I love the volume slider) but : - too much screen estate lost on a window title bar ? - on date/time as well - how does the "invisible" taskbar look when a window is maximized ? - vertical scrollbar too narrow ? And where is my beloved quick-launch bar ? ;)
- chinchang 14y ago
  Title bar has quite a lot empty space but doesn't that contributes to the whole UI looking clean and beautiful...
eren_bali 14y ago
Nice concept but it's too similar to Google's design feel
- RutZap 14y ago
  I agree. I looks very much like Android ICS on a different color scheme... very much like Google's web-apps
georgespencer 14y ago
Beautiful design, horrible UX. (I know, I know. Suddenly everyone on HN is a UX designer. But hear me out.) I count eight distinct types of system font in there, all denoting different data/functionality. Semiotically there are no signifiers other than the size, weight and position of the text. It's the closest thing you can get to mystery meat navigation whilst still providing words. Look at current incarnations of Windows Explorer that people are familiar with. There is a very clearly delineated sidebar and "address bar" at the top. (The web changed the way that people interact with computers. Many people's first and only experience with computer applications is a web browser, and unfortunately for many of them it will have been Internet Explorer.) By removing the lines of demarkation between UI elements, instead of downgrading the system interface it's been upgraded. Everything in the Windows Explorer pane is on equal footing. The out of focus windows would get old pretty quickly too. If you're working on two things side by side your eyes have to switch between one in-focus and one out-of-focus window. Unless there's a way to dynamically switch focus to "on" for multiple windows, but then that would get messy quite quickly when you can't tell whether something is in the background or foreground, active or inactive. Yuck. The dock at the bottom looks nice, but the challenge is that you're reliant on icon designers adhering to very specific standards or the whole thing will look crazy.
- molmalo 14y ago
  You are right, Looking good and actually being usable are quite different. The main problem with this concept, I think, was that the extreme minimalism ended up in a UI that hides too much information. Even when I love the way it looks like, it feels like I would need to hover everything, just to get more info (and if Win8 aims to touch devices... hover is not good). And of course, it doesn't look good for multitasking. Here are some other concept designs from the same time... http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/25/2823647/windows-8-desktop-ui-concepts http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/25/2823647/windows-8-desktop-... This other example is really interesting, because of the fact that it anticipated extremely well how Windows 8's Explorer looks like today: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/8/b/8b357c7cff026daa20807ea9e1130ed5-d4qw8bx.jpg http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/8/b/8b357c7cff026... http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/0/b/0bd5349ab72b1e7a6efbf476c7db0cf0-d4qwaa3.jpg http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/0/b/0bd5349ab72b1... Compare it to the real thing: http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/8270.Desktop_2D00_theme_5F00_0459AA86.png http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-bl...
qntm 14y ago
Subtract the nice wallpaper and the problems here become much more obvious. It's wrong in exactly the same way that the new Gmail UI is wrong. Too much white space, too little colour, tiny grey abstract buttons without obvious hit boxes. Screen elements are too similar in colour to tell where one ends and another begins, white spacing is inconsistent, the scrollbars are too small to grab and lack up/down buttons, the mouse pointer is almost invisible even when placed over one of the darkest areas of the screen. It looks like there's an assumption that third-party programs (Skype) will create icons and front-ends which use the exact same widgets and icons as the new UI, which most of them obviously will not. There's a similar assumption about third-party web sites: what does it look like when you load up Facebook? How do I launch Office from this interface? What do the tick marks next to "Homegroup" and "SkyDrive" indicate? What about the 3x3 grid of tiny squares next to "Max" in the Skype window, which is almost impossible to see? Why is the "minimise" icon in the top right of all windows still a thin horizontal bar? Why say "thumbs only" when that's self-evident? What do the red and green squares in the IE tab bar indicate? How do I see which taskbar icon is highlighted if my wallpaper is white? How do I see them at all if my wallpaper is bright orange?
kbronson 14y ago
In what way is this any beautiful? I just see a blurry, meaningless kind-of-window where I have no idea what to click or drag or what.
rkudeshi 14y ago
There are more screenshots from this redesign, including app-specific screenshots for Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Media Center & Skype: http://theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-con...
swah 14y ago
This looks like a website, even resembles new Google theme.
uvTwitch 14y ago
Reminds me a lot of the gorgeous Zune Player UI.

120 points by dutchbrit 14y ago

Looks like ChromeOS Aura: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Chrome_OS_21.0.1172_Aura_Dev.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Chrome_OS_21.0... I still like my 90's plinth buttons - at least I know which is a button and which is a piece of headline text.

risratorn 14y ago

Really stunning visuals, clean and usable. But one thing bothers me and that is that it will never in reality be as clean, crisp and visually consistent as in the screenshots. Take http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6697/explorer2.jpg http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6697/explorer2.jpg for example, the problem there is that in the screenshot it's all aligned and nicely ordered but i can't help noticing he only displays landscape pictures. Same goes for several other concept screens. I don't want to break down his work but it's just that there are many great concepts that I would love to see come to reality but once they have it isn't all that like I thought it would be. UI/UX really is hard :)

ScottWhigham 14y ago

This is one of those situations where the UI is gorgeous but the UX is awful for a certain demographic. And that's nothing against the designer - he created a UI design, not a UX model, and I think he did a good job on it. From a UX perspective, however, this is just going to be awful for anyone who is a power user or who is concerned with productivity. I'm both and, if I was forced into using something like that for my main work, I'd end up scrolling and clicking my way to insanity trying to accomplish a task. There's so much white space that it would drive everyone who already knows computers well crazy. The low information density - it's just maddening to someone like me (and probably you as well, since you're on HN).

weego 14y ago
I was going to say almost the same thing. This is what a designer thinks looks good but there is no solution to any problems here, just more problems that aren't obvious in a single screen-shot. It's the same problem as when as web developer gets the signed off design and realises that the whole design falls apart when any number of variable elements go in because the designer narrowed in on making a flat image look good rather than exploring every possible outcome of that UI. The biggest initial problem is exploration and sign-posting (making discovery of user objectives easier either explicitly or subtly). The is no room for sign-posting because everything is flat and white. Also the contrast looks good in a flat image, but would drive people nuts after a while (and would break most contrast requirements for accessibility). Don't get me wrong, it's lovely... but no one will ever produce a commercial OS UI like this.
politician 14y ago
Is there a rule that OS desktop UX must be one-size-fits-all?

wangweij 14y ago

Why do the computer and skype windows have so thick title bars?

modarts 14y ago
Pretty much a design staple of Metro.
- wangweij 14y ago
  Oh, I thought Metro means a huge title in super thin font, and you can scroll either vertical or horizontal.

Groxx 14y ago

Previous discussion (~3 months ago): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3633526 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3633526 edit: nevermind, they're the same person. edit2: on second viewing... I still hate it. So far towards artsy-minimalism, so far from function.

TamDenholm 14y ago

I saw this a few months ago (i cant remember where) and i'm sure there were a whole load more screenshots to go with it. While i'd love to see this and it is undeniably beautiful, its not really what i'd call a practical solution. This makes me wonder, is it only beautiful because its a concept? It only looks so good because its free from practical restriction, what would it look like if it was made into a real world application? This also makes me ask, is the only way to radically change UI to come up with a completely new from scratch paradigm, and if so, is this why we have metro?

pigeonfriend 14y ago
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui...
- dutchbrit 14y ago
  This is where I saw it first too, thanks for posting the link - couldn't remember where, just knew it was on Dribbble too. A lot more other screenshots on The Verge.
- duqee 14y ago
  Thanks for posting! Stunning visuals, really love this design.
vrishabh 14y ago
> This also makes me ask, is the only way to radically change UI to come up with a completely new from scratch paradigm, and if so, is this why we have metro? Surely, quite a lot of time a design can be tweaked in its current version to make some great changes which drastically improve upon the usability. But on the contrary I think that Windows has reached a stage where some minor tweaks in its current incarnation won't make a lot of difference. It can only be optimized not radically improved until it is completely though from bottom up. You might like to read about the concept of "Local Maximum"[1] on 52 weeks of UX. Here's a excerpt from the post. Do you ever feel that your design has become stale and that despite your making lots of little changes to it over time without any big overhaul there is just no way to drastically improve it? If so you’ve probably hit what Andrew Chen calls the “Local Maximum”. [1]http://52weeksofux.com/post/694598769/the-local-maximum http://52weeksofux.com/post/694598769/the-local-maximum

tathagata 14y ago

This is very nice. Also a bit retro? Reminds me about a linux GTK theme I was using a long time ago.

axefrog 14y ago

Really nice, though it begs the question; seeing as you can't meaningfully affect Windows 8's design without joining Microsoft on the relevant team(s), why not apply your design skills to the Linux desktop, either Gnome or KDE (I don't know which is more popular as I'm not really a Linux user). Improving the Linux GUI's presentation is always a good thing in terms of improving end-user adoption.

dutchbrit 14y ago
Would be a great theme for Ubuntu or something similar, indeed. Ps, I'm not the designer - just thought of this when I saw the Windows 8 logo concept on HN
- planckscnst 14y ago
  Elegant Brit is the most similar, and is my favorite set of themes. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553 http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553
rplnt 14y ago
Gnome is probably more popular. My believe is that KDE is much more superior, at least on the surface. KDE is highly skinable, I'd say Gnome is too. There are thousands of various themes available and this one would be lost between them. Windows is skinable as well, and you have hundreds and thousands of themes for it as well. So you can do this as a hobby, mostly for a portfolio.
- facorreia 14y ago
  Or sell it as a theme and make money off it.
  - mitjak 14y ago
    Can't remember the last time I payed for a theme. Especially since they look great on a screenshot but often turn out irritating in use.

pacomerh 14y ago

Why doesn't Desktop Mode look like this already?. Everyone else seems to understand that this is the logical look to achieve. Even Git for windows and Zune have this skin already. edit: github not git, my bad.

skrebbel 14y ago
Nitpicky, I know, but that's Github for Windows. Git is not the same as Github, folks.

pigeonfriend 14y ago

Yawn, this was featured on the verge ages ago http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui...

pohl 14y ago
Your unit of measurement (an "age") must be no more than 9 weeks, since you used the plural and it has only been 18. Yet it sounds like an impressive duration. Must be like dog-years.

signalsignal 14y ago

Reminds me of LiteStep.

edkennedy 14y ago
I used to love Litestep. You know if there was an OS that took the lead in making customization and skinning accessible, it would be quite a great step forward. Instead we have third party programs and customizations that don't quite cut it.
- takluyver 14y ago
  KDE is famous for making everything customisable. But the market for skinning software isn't that big - most people will never go looking for that feature. So it's much more important that it looks good by default.

mariusmg 14y ago

There's a good reason why the Zune "design" (which this "concept" is copying) is not used more often. It's a usability nightmare.

ScottWhigham 14y ago
My problem is that, since I've never used a Zune, I have no frame of reference with which to understand your comment. Can you elaborate?
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nelmaven 14y ago

It looks too bland but definitely better than what Microsoft decided for Windows 8. The metro UI is just not usable for a normal desktop configuration.

tfb 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can revert to Windows 7 style for normal desktop use, as Windows 8 is designed for touch screens. Although I heard you can't make the reversion permanent; you have to manually revert after each boot. But that would seem kind of silly to not be able to set the default style, so my sources could be misinformed.

shasty 14y ago

It really is beautiful. If I didnt know it was going to annoy me to no end like all windows apps do, I would try it. Very good effort.

conradfr 14y ago

Elegant (and I love the volume slider) but : - too much screen estate lost on a window title bar ? - on date/time as well - how does the "invisible" taskbar look when a window is maximized ? - vertical scrollbar too narrow ? And where is my beloved quick-launch bar ? ;)

chinchang 14y ago
Title bar has quite a lot empty space but doesn't that contributes to the whole UI looking clean and beautiful...

eren_bali 14y ago

Nice concept but it's too similar to Google's design feel

RutZap 14y ago
I agree. I looks very much like Android ICS on a different color scheme... very much like Google's web-apps

georgespencer 14y ago

Beautiful design, horrible UX. (I know, I know. Suddenly everyone on HN is a UX designer. But hear me out.) I count eight distinct types of system font in there, all denoting different data/functionality. Semiotically there are no signifiers other than the size, weight and position of the text. It's the closest thing you can get to mystery meat navigation whilst still providing words. Look at current incarnations of Windows Explorer that people are familiar with. There is a very clearly delineated sidebar and "address bar" at the top. (The web changed the way that people interact with computers. Many people's first and only experience with computer applications is a web browser, and unfortunately for many of them it will have been Internet Explorer.) By removing the lines of demarkation between UI elements, instead of downgrading the system interface it's been upgraded. Everything in the Windows Explorer pane is on equal footing. The out of focus windows would get old pretty quickly too. If you're working on two things side by side your eyes have to switch between one in-focus and one out-of-focus window. Unless there's a way to dynamically switch focus to "on" for multiple windows, but then that would get messy quite quickly when you can't tell whether something is in the background or foreground, active or inactive. Yuck. The dock at the bottom looks nice, but the challenge is that you're reliant on icon designers adhering to very specific standards or the whole thing will look crazy.

molmalo 14y ago
You are right, Looking good and actually being usable are quite different. The main problem with this concept, I think, was that the extreme minimalism ended up in a UI that hides too much information. Even when I love the way it looks like, it feels like I would need to hover everything, just to get more info (and if Win8 aims to touch devices... hover is not good). And of course, it doesn't look good for multitasking. Here are some other concept designs from the same time... http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/25/2823647/windows-8-desktop-ui-concepts http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/25/2823647/windows-8-desktop-... This other example is really interesting, because of the fact that it anticipated extremely well how Windows 8's Explorer looks like today: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/8/b/8b357c7cff026daa20807ea9e1130ed5-d4qw8bx.jpg http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/8/b/8b357c7cff026... http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/0/b/0bd5349ab72b1e7a6efbf476c7db0cf0-d4qwaa3.jpg http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/0/b/0bd5349ab72b1... Compare it to the real thing: http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-29-43-metablogapi/8270.Desktop_2D00_theme_5F00_0459AA86.png http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-bl...

qntm 14y ago

Subtract the nice wallpaper and the problems here become much more obvious. It's wrong in exactly the same way that the new Gmail UI is wrong. Too much white space, too little colour, tiny grey abstract buttons without obvious hit boxes. Screen elements are too similar in colour to tell where one ends and another begins, white spacing is inconsistent, the scrollbars are too small to grab and lack up/down buttons, the mouse pointer is almost invisible even when placed over one of the darkest areas of the screen. It looks like there's an assumption that third-party programs (Skype) will create icons and front-ends which use the exact same widgets and icons as the new UI, which most of them obviously will not. There's a similar assumption about third-party web sites: what does it look like when you load up Facebook? How do I launch Office from this interface? What do the tick marks next to "Homegroup" and "SkyDrive" indicate? What about the 3x3 grid of tiny squares next to "Max" in the Skype window, which is almost impossible to see? Why is the "minimise" icon in the top right of all windows still a thin horizontal bar? Why say "thumbs only" when that's self-evident? What do the red and green squares in the IE tab bar indicate? How do I see which taskbar icon is highlighted if my wallpaper is white? How do I see them at all if my wallpaper is bright orange?

kbronson 14y ago

In what way is this any beautiful? I just see a blurry, meaningless kind-of-window where I have no idea what to click or drag or what.

rkudeshi 14y ago

There are more screenshots from this redesign, including app-specific screenshots for Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Media Center & Skype: http://theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-concept http://theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui-con...

swah 14y ago

This looks like a website, even resembles new Google theme.

uvTwitch 14y ago

Reminds me a lot of the gorgeous Zune Player UI.