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You likely mean the "Aero" stage. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero While many express nostalgia for A
by chasil 1y ago
You likely mean the "Aero" stage.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero
While many express nostalgia for Aero in Windows 7, Microsoft dismissed it in fairly harsh terms:
'Microsoft called the Aero interface it once championed and poured so much love upon "dated and cheesy".'
https://www.theregister.com/2012/05/21/windows_8_aero_dead/ https://www.theregister.com/2012/05/21/windows_8_aero_dead/
The thing with [Microsoft's] dictated GUIs is that they all end up on the trash heap.
Some people have affinity for a GUI aesthetic. I liked Motif and CDE. Ripping them away for the garbage pile is a supremely foolish thing to do, as it can drive users away.
Apple, and Microsoft, will surely add more to this pile shortly.
- Doohickey-d 1y agoThere's also another version of the story of why they removed it: > So basically, Microsoft's claim of Aero being "cheesy" "and "dated" are just lies to cover up the fact where the original Surface RT is not powerful enough to handle them. https://old.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/38vyn7/the_true_reason_behind_aero_glasss_removal_from_a/ https://old.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/38vyn7/the_true_re...
- chasil 1y agoYes, it was obvious that the Windows 8 focus on tablets (and Windows phone) would not work well with Aero, since their GPUs were lacking.