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Users Decry New Icon Look In Windows 10
jones_supa writes A lot of people got upset about the flat looks of Modern UI presented in Windows 8. Recent builds of Windows 10 Technical Preview have now started replacing the shell icons, and to some people they are just too much to bear. Basically, Microsoft opted to change the icons in search of a fresh and modern look, but there are plenty of people out there who claim that all these new icons are actually very ugly and the company would better stick to the previous design. To find out what people think about these icons, Softpedia asked its readers to tell their opinion and the messages received in the last couple of days pretty much speak for themselves. There are only few testers who think that these icons look good, but the majority wants Microsoft to change them before the final version of the operating system comes out.
Lol XD
But i'm wondering the same. I looked at those icons, and don't see the issue. Yes they're different, a bit more like a lot of modern things are styled. You'll get used to it...
And to answer your question: everybody wants the world to change, but nobody wants to change themselves :p. That's the nice paradox our society is stuck in :).
And i'm probably going to kill any chances of getting modded up by saying this: I had the same feeling with windows 8. I heard all these terrible things about it, how the UI sucks. Did install it, and gave it a try. It's certainly different, but i don't see the issue. I looked up how to configure the new screen, grouped my icons on the metro screen nicely in a way i find convenient.
Now we've said our thing, the microsoft bashing may continue :).
Change the icons. If you can't figure out how to do that then you probably shouldn't be beta testing an operating system. I'll rail on Microsoft's really terrible attempt to freshen things up as much as the next guy because, frankly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this beholder hates their kindergarten construction paper and paste style.
But for crying out loud, if you're going to choose something as important as your operating system based on whether you like the appearance of some easily customized thing, then you could probably just use whatever random OS and it would suit you fine. Not to mention, who actually spends most of their time looking at icons, as the critic mentions? Most of the time, I'm looking at Visual Studio or a browser.
This is aside from the fact that the most important thing about the GUI for an OS is that it facilitates productivity by making it fast and simple to perform most tasks. While Microsoft's artistic style currently looks worse than Windows 3.1 on a monochrome CRT, it does facilitate productivity. They're going with function over form because analysis of their sales and customers' needs has shown that it's the smart bet.
Also, they want to make everything touch screen friendly. Give them ten years and we'll be going through this again when they're too late making everything VR friendly as an afterthought. Change is scary. Sometimes, change is ugly. But this is the pettiest criticism I've ever seen for an OS.
If this means nothing can ever get changed... no. :p.
Why can't they change the look of things a bit from time to time? i think it's a nice look, and if you don't... you'll still get used to it
I just had to think about a little "customer riot" here in belgium. A big chain wanted to change the name of their cheap beer. It was apparantly a huge riot because people wanted the name to remain the same, and not just be renamed to the cheap brandname they use for all their cheap products. I was reading it and really wondering "wtf is wrong with the people complaining about this"...
And i've got a similar feeling about this. It's a fresher design, you may or may not like what the current gui design standards are. But is it really worth all this effort? i honestly think the screenshot in that article looks great. Probably better than the win7 icons i'm currently looking at.
But change must always be shot down it seems. And then afterwards we can all complain that nothing ever changes (or changes far too slowly).
Everyone's a baby when it comes to changes. Get over it and move on.
It takes more than Photoshop skills to earn the title of UX Designer.
Yeah, severe brain damage.