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Science proves Flat Design was a mistake

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Microsoft introduced Flat Design with Windows Phone and then Windows 8, and of course both platforms were ultimately poorly received, and since then many have blamed Metro and its successors for the problems. Now a study by resear...

Microsoft Design’s official website gets revamped

by Microsoft News

2 years

Microsoft recently updated its official Microsoft Design website with a new look. The update introduces a much cleaner, and a modern design for the website. With the latest update, Microsoft has added some sweet animations to make...

New Windows 10 concept tries to fix the Windows 10 Mobile UI

by Michael Allison

3 years

Microsoft’s new Windows 10 for Mobile UI has been contentious to say the least, with even devices like the Lumia 640 taking dings in a review because of the future Windows 10 UI. That being said, a concept for Windows 10 mob...

Microsoft to improve the new poor Windows Phone OneDrive app UI

by Surur

3 years

We’ve complained about the recent changes made to the OneDrive app for Windows Phone, which made it a poor copy of the Android app, right down to the hamburger menu. It seems our protests have not fallen on deaf ears, with Angus...

Aero Glass Theme Will Be Coming To Windows 10 As Well

by Microsoft News

3 years

Microsoft introduced Windows Aero as the premium visual experience in Windows Vista. It featured a translucent glass design with subtle window animations and new window colors. Microsoft cited the following as the main features o...

Now Sony also copies Windows’s Live Tiles

by Surur

3 years

Despite many complaints by Windows users, and slow adoption of Windows Phone and Windows 8, Microsoft’s Metro UI has been incredibly influential, changing the look of both iOS and Android, and generally causing a flattening of d...

Windows 9 Technical Preview For Enterprise Coming Next Month

by Microsoft News

3 years

Today, Neowin reported that Microsoft is planning to release Windows 9 Technical Preview for Enterprise late next month. This report is in line with last week’s report from The Verge that Microsoft is planning to preview Wi...

Another Report Confirms That Microsoft Is Planning To Release Windows RT Without Desktop Experience

by Microsoft News

3 years

We already saw few reports that Microsoft is planning to release Windows RT without desktop experience. Today, another report from Myce.com claims the same that Microsoft will release Windows RT devices that only contain Metro us...

Rumor: Microsoft Panicking Over Windows 9; Special Enterprise Edition Can Disable Metro Interface

by Microsoft News

3 years

Infamous Microsoft leaker WZor has come out hiding and dropped some interesting information regarding to Windows 9 or ‘Threshold.’ Here is a roughly translated Russian quote from WZor: “In fact, the most interesting things a...

Google to go even flatter in new UI update

by Surur

3 years

DeveloperTech reports that the next version of Android will start resembling Windows Phone and iOS of course, with the company going even flatter in its UI design. Called ‘Quantum Paper’ framework, the new UI wil...

Interesting: Nokia discouraging Metro-style apps on the Nokia X

by Surur

4 years

According to Nokia, the Nokia X Android handset, which mimics the Windows Phone Start screen, is meant to be a feeder system for Windows Phone. Nokia’s own style guide for developers suggest this may not exactly be the case. The...

Windows Phone 8.1 will offer a new Large tile size

by Surur

4 years

Ex-Microsoftie Nawzil has just tweeted that Windows Phone 8.1 will offer a new tile size – Large. This will mirror the changes in Windows 8.1, which also introduced the new, larger Live Tile recently. Given the rate of leaks we ...