But Microsoft for a long time went way too hard in the other direction.īut every single objective that Microsoft set out to do with Windows 8 and later Windows 10 failed spectacularly with virtually no consumer interest or enterprise adoption.
I always laughed when I heard Mac people talk up how Jobs demanded pixel perfect UI. I know not everyone cares about UI polish or icons, but I stare at Windows the majority of my days for work and pleasure. If it's another disjointed mess and project reunion just introduces yet another look and feel for one type of application, it's going to be another frustrating failure. If they can manage to unify the win32/UWP/WinUI look into a single design language I think they'll have a real win on their hands. With the pretty swift addressing of these issues under Panay, I get the impression he was perhaps also unhappy with the state of Windows before his reign with similar resentments. The rounded corners are just more visually appealing to a lot of people. The rigid adherence to CGA color schemes in both applications and their icons has thankfully been abandoned. The screenshot leaks looks as though they're finally going to stop trying to blind everyone with a #FFF window canvases or give people migraines with #000 backgrounds and bright white text. The icon design project has been stellar, marking probably the first real UI improvement in Windows since 7 (even going so far as to solidify a design motif across Microsoft OS, cloud, service, and office products). This impression (which I don't believe is unique) only seems to have come about recently with Panay.Įvery change that's been released from Panay's era so far has been refreshing, different and improved. Like they tried to give 8 its Vista->7 moment but it backfired and only served to highlight their design flaws and poor tastes.Ĭurrently though, it's like they're Quantum Leaping the Windows product undoing obvious wrongs throughout its timeline. And that didn't really change too much with the Windows 10 era which felt more like a mulligan to try to give the Metro idea another go. This guy was using a Mac at home and he was on the Microsoft user experience team. I don't get the impression anyone at Microsoft actually used Windows 8 or else they'd be driven mad by all the bad designs and inconsistencies. And finally to the question of "do you believe anyone at Microsoft actually preferred using the platform after Windows 7?". Next, "What changes is Microsoft making to their user experience now that can point out their inadequate deficiencies in Metro and UWP design?". They had that in 2009 and they got rid of it for the same type of reasons as the startup sound. To answer your question, it may seem illogical or even silly to extrapolate simply the example of this startup sound removal, but it's a good easy-to-understand example to introduce their pattern of failures which should immediately be followed up with questions like "how much money is Microsoft pouring into Windows with Sun Valley to support rounded corners and a consistent UI?".
On a rejoined session where it's coming out of sleep or hibernation, don't. That was a genuine problem but the concept seems like it would be obviously better handled by simply referencing the state in which the login session has opened with regard to use cases in mobile devices: On a new session start from cold boot or fresh login where someone specifically logged out, play the sound.