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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 07 2013 @ 06:59 PM EDT |
I just can't stand the style of the layout and formatting on Microsoft's new
products. I find it completely revolting, and within minutes of use I want to
switch to something else. It is as if Microsoft selected the modern look for
its striking appearance without realizing that they eliminated all of the
pleasing UI elements that were added over the years for valid reasons.
In
the beginning of PCs, we had 80x25 character screens. However, the better
monitors showed more detail in the fonts which was pleasing. Microsoft started
Windows with fixed space fonts, and then switched to better true-type variable
space fonts. Overtime, they also added more details, softer greys, rounded
buttons, and 3-D effects.
Looking at the new version of Outlook.com is
vaguely reminiscent of AutoCAD 2.6 (for DOS). The blue screen, subtle font
differentiation, large blank central area, and primitive graphics.
However,
AutoCAD is no longer being uses the same old user interface, because it sucks!
So why did Microsoft copy it?
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 01:00 PM EDT |
Perhaps the do it our way not yours that they've managed to largely get away
with has finally backfired. The signs were there with Vista after all.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 01:16 PM EDT |
Win 8 is certainly a bust with businesses. I just got a new laptop for work
last month, brand new HP machine, and it has XP on it. The company will be
rolling out Win 7 sometime this year.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 02:43 PM EDT |
Doesn't matter... bad as Win8 is, the problem isn't Windows, its Microsoft.
They have completely lost touch with anything that doesn't fit into their
obsolete "We are the ONE" monopoly mindset. They are incapable of
understanding that the world has moved on, and routed around their broken pile
of insecurity and user unfriendliness. They also don't understand that the
industry moves much faster now than it did in 1995, and releasing a broken
turkey with a promise to fix it at an unspecified future date is no longer a
viable strategy when the competition has an already working model in stores
now.
As long as Ballmer continues to think he can move the market with slogans and
arm waving while ignoring consumers and ignoring technological improvement
(actually, going backwards on the improvement...) then Microsoft will continue
its dinosauric slide into the tarpits.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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