Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10

jones_supa writes: Back in February, users decried the new icon look in Windows 10. In response to that feedback, Microsoft has implemented a new icon pack in build 10125, which was leaked early but expected to arrive soon for Technical Preview testers. Screenshots show what the final version of the OS could look like when it goes live this summer. The new icons go all-in on a flat approach, following the same design cues as the rest of the operating system, but the "pixel art" style has been abandoned. Once again, Softpedia asked for user experiences, and this time the comments have been mostly positive.

Comments

Yuck

[QuietLagoon]

Probably one of the most unappealing set of icons that I've seen in a long while.

Re:flat as a pancake: invasion pending

[ArcadeMan]

What is 'intuitive and user friendly' about buttons that no longer look like buttons, so the user has to GUESS what is and isn't a button, by mousing over every bit of text in the program?

The same thing happened to OS X and iOS. What once was clear and easy to understand is now pretty and mostly useless.

Re:flat as a pancake: invasion pending

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually they "borrowed" it from Xerox, the same place that Apple did.

Re:Arc of deception

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it's an old shooter for DOS which predates the console versions and that mail client by decades.