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That's basically a direct rip of the Zune desktop software [1] applied to other apps. Windows Phone distinctly reminds me of the Zune HD UI once you're past the
by dangrossman 14y ago
That's basically a direct rip of the Zune desktop software [1] applied to other apps. Windows Phone distinctly reminds me of the Zune HD UI once you're past the live tiles home screen. If they wanted to do more like that, they would only need to turn to their own people that made it. While Zune failed as a product, its team seemingly inspired everything Microsoft's designed since.
1: http://i.imgur.com/gb2DhNt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gb2DhNt.jpg
- Tyrant505 14y agoI disagree completely. That looks like an old and dated website and still has loads of unflat.
- dangrossman 14y agoThe Zune software is from 7 years ago, and you can see every element of its design in that blog post (sans-serif typography as UI hierarchy, no title bars, flat minimize/maximize/close buttons, back arrows, neon color bars). It stuck out like a sore thumb against Windows XP and the recently released Windows Vista, yet fits right in with Windows 8 where the exact same elements are used throughout Metro.
- Tyrant505 14y agoIt's cluttered, has lack of whitespace. Round buttons. Horrible grid. Flat does not mean undesigned.
- Gigablah 14y agoYou're missing the point. Whatever nitpicks you have with that design is irrelevant to his speculation that it's the precursor to Microsoft's current UI design language.
- jinushaun 14y agoThe problem with the design of Windows 8 is that "inspired by Zune" gave us a big pile of poop. The Win8 concept from the Verge is a much better application of Metro to Windows than what MS officially came up with.