[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;37377267][editline]23rd August 2012[/editline]
Why?[/QUOTE]
Parody? To me it just seems like MS is trying too hard.
Kinda weird how they decided to make the windows 8 logo so simple to the point of not putting colors in it, and apparently took the windows logo to slap it next to the microsoft name.
I remember when rounded corners were all the rage. I really hate how almost everything's a sharp rectangle, it's like LEGO designed it then sold it to Microsoft. Maybe that was a move towards making the windows-aspect of Windows more clear cut but what the hell for? To get good karma from modern artists? I like the font though, it's probably a default Word font but whatever.
[QUOTE=peepin;37376872]So, from the video:
Blue: Windows
Red: Office
Green: XBOX
Yellow: ???
I must know what Yellow is!![/QUOTE]
I always thought yellow was that Sync thing that Microsoft worked with Ford on, to be honest.
Seeing Microsoft trying to appeal to the Apple demographic is so sad.
I have no idea why they didn't just use the logo in front of "Microsoft" as the logo for Windows instead. It's better than the current Windows 8 logo, plus the combination of the four colors are iconic for the Windows logo.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;37377773]by not looking ugly?
the ui of 8 (barring the whole metro hardon nonsense) looks fucking orgasmic compared to say, xp[/QUOTE]
The UI looks great, but it's made for touch devices. It isn't useful for PCs. Also, XP is 10 years older, not really an honest comparison.
[QUOTE=PederPauline;37377681]Seeing Microsoft trying to appeal to the Apple demographic is so sad.[/QUOTE]
Why would they want to, Microsoft has ~83% of the desktop share and apple has ~8% or something around there. Apple do not have simplistic things patented (although I'm sure they'd like)
I think Vista had the best logo/icon.
[QUOTE=Egonny;37377823]The UI looks great, but it's made for touch devices. It isn't useful for PCs. Also, XP is 10 years older, not really an honest comparison.[/QUOTE]
Can we put this argument in the ground? It's touch friendly put it's not just for touch devices. Being able to use shortcuts like windows key -> type first few letters -> enter means the average power user can launch steam in much less than a second.
Just adding colour to the Windows logo makes it look so much better.
[t]http://www.microsoftmag.eu/logo/logo_color_transparent.png[/t]
I mean come on Microsoft.
[QUOTE=DemonDog;37377883]Just adding colour to the Windows logo makes it look so much better.
[t]http://www.microsoftmag.eu/logo/logo_color_transparent.png[/t]
I mean come on Microsoft.[/QUOTE]
I bet the color is supposed to represent how bland win 8 is.
All of Paula Scher's logos are super simple. This one is probably more complex than most she's done.
Look at the Citi logo. Seriously the only thing she really did was add the red curve that is supposed to be an umbrella to the existing logo.
[QUOTE=Elspin;37377852]Can we put this argument in the ground? It's touch friendly put it's not just for touch devices. Being able to use shortcuts like windows key -> type first few letters -> enter means the average power user can launch steam in much less than a second.[/QUOTE]
The same is possible in Windows 7. Also, that would open up Steam in desktop mode, since only half of Windows 8 is Metro and the other half uses the same interface as Windows 7, showing no consistency.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37376032]Yeah, the old one had much more going on at once:
[img]http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/new-microsoft-logo.jpg?w=600&h=400&crop=1[/img][/QUOTE]
the old font was better
[QUOTE=Egonny;37377999]The same is possible in Windows 7. Also, that would open up Steam in desktop mode, since only half of Windows 8 is Metro and the other half uses the same interface as Windows 7, showing no consistency.[/QUOTE]
Of course the same is possible in windows 7, that's my point - it's still the desktop OS, it just has a full screen start menu with some new features. The desktop is mostly featureless anyway so it's not like it's inconsistent really.
personally I don't like the logos but like the minimal style. Seeing everyone has an idea of how to do the Windows logo, I figured I'd put my idea out.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45993149/alternatelogowin8.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;37378046]Your point is? The start menu is drastically different (improved in my experience), and there's metro. The OS is exactly the same otherwise, and also faster, especially in searches.
Metro is certainly not "half" the OS either. Outside of the start screen, it can be used as much as you wish.[/QUOTE]
My point is that the Metro UX could've been used better for PC specifically.
Right now all they did was copy over the tablet UI and add in the old Windows interface for applications that wouldn't fit in the Metro interface. I would much rather have seen a mix of the two, like [url=http://dribbble.s3.amazonaws.com/users/20254/screenshots/693870/attachments/63290/windows8_dark_hd.jpg]this[/url] for example.
[QUOTE=Egonny;37378206]My point is that the Metro UX could've been used better for PC specifically.
Right now all they did was copy over the tablet UI and add in the old Windows interface for applications that wouldn't fit in the Metro interface. I would much rather have seen a mix of the two, like [url=http://dribbble.s3.amazonaws.com/users/20254/screenshots/693870/attachments/63290/windows8_dark_hd.jpg]this[/url] for example.[/QUOTE]
That does look pretty nice, but you still don't seem to know what you're talking about. They didn't "copy over the tablet UI", this [b]is the desktop UI[/b]. Metro was seen first on desktop in the zune desktop software - not on the phone, tablet, or Xbox - but it's no surprise it's there too because it's microsoft's new design standard.
I made my own Windows 8 logo.
[img]http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1417/windows82.png[/img]
I think it looks better than the current one.
[QUOTE=Elspin;37378267]That does look pretty nice, but you still don't seem to know what you're talking about. They didn't "copy over the tablet UI", this [b]is the desktop UI[/b]. Metro was seen first on desktop in the zune desktop software - not on the phone, tablet, or Xbox - but it's no surprise it's there too because it's microsoft's new design standard.[/QUOTE]
I have no problem with Metro, it's the sleekest looking interface Microsoft has made yet. I don't think it's useful for regular PCs though, at least not in this form. The reason I said they copied over the tablet UI is because everything in Windows 8 except the regular desktop interface looks like it was made with tablets in mind (tiles, panes,...). And the fact that they're announcing their own tablet now makes me think that they really want to make sure they get a bigger marketshare in the tablet department.
But then again, who cares, I'll just keep Windows 7 anyway.
As I've said before this is to attract the ~hip and trendy~ kids that microsoft so desires for some fucking reason, and that apple has already.
Every business and gaming PC in the entire world runs windows, can't we just keep it at that and leave the hip and useless OS to Apple?
[QUOTE=MightyMax;37379071]As I've said before this is to attract the ~hip and trendy~ kids that microsoft so desires for some fucking reason, and that apple has already.
Every business and gaming PC in the entire world runs windows, can't we just keep it at that and leave the hip and useless OS to Apple?[/QUOTE]
i dont understand how making a simple logo means they're catering to the hip and trendy audience
i swear to god some of you are trying so hard to find something to whine about
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;37379401]i dont understand how making a simple logo means they're catering to the hip and trendy audience
i swear to god some of you are trying so hard to find something to whine about[/QUOTE]
Yeah I don't know where people are getting it either.
They're not trying to appeal to certain people. Minimal design is trending because people honestly think it is more effective.
I prefer their original logo, where you can still see clearly the 13 and 33 hidden in their logo as the number 133 (the 133 is written with straight lines, making it look like a window)
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Windows98FirstEditionCover.jpg/220px-Windows98FirstEditionCover.jpg[/img]
yeah I liked the first apple logo so much better guys
[img]http://edibleapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/original_apple_logo.gif[/img]
Now seriously, I understand the step wiindows is taking. I think that windows 8 can work for a phone, where eveything is simplified and easy to read for it has some rectangles of different colors and thats it. But for the rest I don't really know if they could make it a bit more memorable. I've seen so many logos that are just "write the name in helvetica" that it's just nothing special really
I'll say here what I said on /g/. They should fire the guy who made that and send him back to design school.
They did a lot better than some other companies new logos, like DC
[img]http://talkingcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dc-comics-logo.jpg[/img]
to
[img]http://www.geekrest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dc_comics_new_logo_high_resolution1.jpg[/img]
It's kinda bland, but its probably to match the simplicity that's been a trend in logos nowadays. I wish they'd have kept the old font, that little slice of the O was a simplistic way of keeping it exciting.
I think the yellow represents the future, or "we don't know yet, let's wait and see"
but I want that music
I like it. Simple, yet stylish.
Less is more.
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