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1. Darren

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 9:06 pm

   Hmmm, yep, you caught Microsoft out (again) nice! So, what’s Aero diamond?

2. Long Zheng

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 9:09 pm

   It was a rumored ‘more eye-candy’ UI experience, a tier above Aero Glass.

3. Darren

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 9:54 pm

   Ok then…
   (due to the length of the URL, click my name)

4. Anthony Tam

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 10:10 pm

   What’s with all these reflections these days? Apple does them (in their powerpoint equivalent ‘keynote’ and some of their product images), Office 2007 has them as a picture effect (done impressively); soon everyone will use them!
   Well at least MS’ graphic department should get them right! Maybe its the effect of the Vista rush?

5. Jason Cox

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 10:44 pm

   Good catch, Long!

6. Darren

   Nov 6th, 2006 at 11:25 pm

   Well, because I just noticed, http://i.microsoft.com/h/en-us/i/HP_13.5/Vista_S.jpg
   is on the same page (litterly)
   Oh, and Long, nice new site banner.

7. Mike Bradley

   Nov 7th, 2006 at 1:04 am

   If the light source is shining through the gem onto the floor surface behind it (instead of reflecting directly off the logo and back onto the floor) then the reflection is accurate. A bit like glass shining through a stain glass window onto the floor beneath it.

8. Anon

   Nov 7th, 2006 at 1:41 am

   Woah, sharp eyes!

9. Mike Bradley

   Nov 7th, 2006 at 2:10 am

   Or maybe the light source is above and behind the logo and is infact shining off the back of the logo onto the floor behind it?. Either way its not clear, lol.

10. Larry Osterman

    Nov 7th, 2006 at 2:15 am

    Btw, the menu is to select between devices - if you have two or more devices there’s a checkbox next to the device that’s selected.

11. Scott Kingery

    Nov 7th, 2006 at 5:44 am

    It’s about branding. A non-reflected reflection give you 2 times to see the brand logo. 1 obvious, 1 subtle.

12. apoc

    Nov 7th, 2006 at 8:57 am

    heh I’ve got another one, not MS, but still funny

    https://webmail.netcabo.pt/exchweb/bin/auth/images/bg_webmail.gif

13. Anthony Tam

    Nov 7th, 2006 at 9:16 pm

    Wow MS did it right on their official Vista webpage:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx
    Look bottom left.

14. Lawrence

    Mar 24th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Being honest, from a design point of view, the incorrect one has to be used in some contexts, like dark backgrounds. Yellow should be the least obvious part of their logo, but it contrasts with the background too much. Having said that, nice find