Saturday, May 19, 2012

Say Good Bye to Aero: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalisticdesktop UI

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It's safe to say that many of us have high anticipation for the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview,which will be available as soon as the first week of June. While though we are on hold Windows management are releasing sneak peaks inside their work such as the changes in the desktop UI.
As you might remember from the Consumer Preview, window borders and widgets featured a simplified and subdued look in comparison to the glass-like materials of Aero, which Microsoft now calls "dated and cheesy."

With the latest refresh, however, the company has pushed its modernistic philosophy even further to reveal a spartan (yet functional) interface that draws less attention to the chrome elements and allows the user to focus more on content.
Microsoft's latest reveal was made as part of a larger, retrospective look at its development of Windows and the evolution of the operating system.
At every step, the company states that its emphasis has been on the overall "learnability" of the environment.
As such, Microsoft claims that it's making great strides to ensure that consumers may quickly get up to speed with the latest OS, and hints that it has a number of reveals yet to be seen.
In its very next breath, however, it also emphasized people's ability to adapt and move forward, which suggests the number of changes might not be as concilatory as some might've hoped.
Regardless, we'll know for sure what Microsoft has in store in just a few weeks.

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