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This style of simulating faux-realistic materials (such as glass or aluminum) on the screen looks dated and cheesy now -- (Windows engineering team 2012) https

by Naru41 1y ago

This style of simulating faux-realistic materials (such as glass or aluminum) on the screen looks dated and cheesy now -- (Windows engineering team 2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20120614042824/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx#:%7E:text=This%20style%20of%20simulating%20faux%2Drealistic%20materials%20(such%20as%20glass%20or%20aluminum https://web.archive.org/web/20120614042824/http://blogs.msdn...

dgellow 1y ago
Looking back at this article, Windows 7 UI was really peak Microsoft
sixothree 1y ago
They really took that idea a little too far especially considering they never executed it even more than half way. We still have control panels that are using their pre-2012 look and feel.