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So Windows8 Metro UI is inspired by AOL(1996)?
- georgemcbay 14y agoThe actual interesting thing about those pics side-by-side is the AOL design (hamstring by 1996's technology) is trying so hard to act like it isn't extremely color-palette limited and the Metro pic (presumably running on a GPU that could only be dreamed about in 1996) is trying so hard to show how few colors it is using. Minus the crisp icon edges and nicely rendered fonts afforded by high-resolution, AOL's screen there really could have looked like Metro back then and would have been the better for it -- goes to show you that good design isn't dictated by the technology that powers is.