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Microsoft To Revamp Windows 10 UI With Upcoming 'Project Neon' Update, Leaked Images Show (mspoweruser.com)

Posted by msmash on from the where-things-are-going dept.

Microsoft plans to revamp the user interface on Windows with an upcoming update called Project Neon. Chatter about this new update has been doing rounds for quite some time, but now first images of where Microsoft is going with the design changes are here. According to MSPowerUser, Microsoft will introduce a new component dubbed "Acrylic" to the overall Windows 10 design, which will serve as a method for developers to further customize the appearance of their universal apps. Project Neon also focuses on Microsoft's efforts with 3D and HoloLens, tweaking UI elements in places where you interact with a mouse pointer.

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  1. Re:Why are the win buttons set so low? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Answer: Touch screen UI.

    (It's not a satisfying answer for those of us that hate phone-UI on desktops, but it's the reason.)

  2. Re:When will it end by The-Ixian · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try doing that on a hundred new computers.

    One way to handle this is get the start menu how you want on a single computer, then use PowerShell to run Export-StartLayout. Then on the 100 computers, you script the import using Import-StartLayout.

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  3. Re:I admit it, I like Windows 10. by johannesg · · Score: 1, Informative

    If they didn't change the UI every release, how would you even know it was a different release? And extrapolating from there, how would you get the masses to buy a new Windows version if they couldn't tell the difference?

    In terms of features, OS'es have been 'finished' for a long time, with only minor polishing and arcane features that have no relation to anything 99.9% of the market actually does with computers left on the to do list. Yet somehow, people must be convinced to buy these things...