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As Microsoft has expressed, Aero is "cheesy." Despite nostalgia, it was stripped in pursuit of a mobile-friendly UI (at the time). '...calling the UI that deb

by chasil 1mo ago

As Microsoft has expressed, Aero is "cheesy." Despite nostalgia, it was stripped in pursuit of a mobile-friendly UI (at the time). '...calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, “cheesy” and “dated.”' https://www.computerworld.com/article/1437474/microsoft-dumps-aero-ui-in-windows-8-metro-izes-desktop.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/1437474/microsoft-dump... All Windows UIs will die, on Microsoft's time, not the user community.

pndy 1mo ago
Yes "cheesy" and "dated" because new Windows version was about to be released in 3 months from publication of that article. So marketing machine portraying everything old as bad and everything new as better was running full speed. In the end we all know how "well" W8 was received due to Metro components. Slightly modified Aero theme was still there, all resource files like icons, graphics were largely carried in. Aesthetically and visually that version of Windows was like 5-year old would made a papier mache operating system of two different products.
carlosjobim 1mo ago
The Shine 2 theme for Windows 7 still looks better than anything Microsoft has done in the 16 years since it was released: https://www.deviantart.com/zainadeel/art/Shine-2-0-for-Windows-7-172671190 https://www.deviantart.com/zainadeel/art/Shine-2-0-for-Windo... Looks better than MacOS as well.
GreenVulpine 1mo ago
Aero was peak aesthetics. Flatcrap became commonplace because it was easy. No need for designers, just flat colors, resizable to fit any screen. Perfect for mobile slop!
- 3eb7988a1663 1mo ago
  Was Aero also the last instance where all of the Control Panel widgets were actually Desktop first? Ever since, they Control Panel has been a mismatch of Mobile design and being limited to a single interface pane. It is maddening to look at the historical data density that was tossed for something a programmer could thoughtlessly bang out in an afternoon.
VCFundedGenYer 1mo ago
Don't think I could disagree more. Aero was the peak of Windows UI design. It's such a shame they ruined it and walked away from it in Win8 and beyond.
rkagerer 1mo ago
I didn't think it was cheesy, but when Windows 10 and 11 came along it sure felt like we evolved to shitty.

by chasil 1mo ago

pndy 1mo ago

Yes "cheesy" and "dated" because new Windows version was about to be released in 3 months from publication of that article. So marketing machine portraying everything old as bad and everything new as better was running full speed. In the end we all know how "well" W8 was received due to Metro components. Slightly modified Aero theme was still there, all resource files like icons, graphics were largely carried in. Aesthetically and visually that version of Windows was like 5-year old would made a papier mache operating system of two different products.

carlosjobim 1mo ago

The Shine 2 theme for Windows 7 still looks better than anything Microsoft has done in the 16 years since it was released: https://www.deviantart.com/zainadeel/art/Shine-2-0-for-Windows-7-172671190 https://www.deviantart.com/zainadeel/art/Shine-2-0-for-Windo... Looks better than MacOS as well.

GreenVulpine 1mo ago

Aero was peak aesthetics. Flatcrap became commonplace because it was easy. No need for designers, just flat colors, resizable to fit any screen. Perfect for mobile slop!

3eb7988a1663 1mo ago
Was Aero also the last instance where all of the Control Panel widgets were actually Desktop first? Ever since, they Control Panel has been a mismatch of Mobile design and being limited to a single interface pane. It is maddening to look at the historical data density that was tossed for something a programmer could thoughtlessly bang out in an afternoon.

VCFundedGenYer 1mo ago

Don't think I could disagree more. Aero was the peak of Windows UI design. It's such a shame they ruined it and walked away from it in Win8 and beyond.

rkagerer 1mo ago

I didn't think it was cheesy, but when Windows 10 and 11 came along it sure felt like we evolved to shitty.