Comments on: Windows UX guidelines now updated for Windows 7

By: peacho

peacho — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:04:21 +0000

@Chen Ye: I hoped someone else would notice that!

Also in the “that doesn’t exist” department: check out the Thumbnail preview for Windows Media Player (on the Taskbar page or also on the top image): there is a preview of the content, but it’s running the Windows 7 Basic theme. When running the Basic theme, no thumbnail preview is ever available, regardless of content. (The controls however, are.)

By: Leo Davidson

Leo Davidson — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:09:26 +0000

I wish Photoshop (CS4) used a standard window border, or standard anything at all. I hate the new Photoishop UI. They made so many improvements towards standard look & feel in previous versions, then threw it all away for an ugly, non-standard and buggy UI.

I especially hate how CS4 on Vista with Aero enabled draws junk over windows which are next to it (and also has transparent parts of itself in even more places where if you think you are clicking on a window next to photoshop the click actually goes to photoshop. Awful UI changes and, of course, Adobe still haven’t fixed any of this months and months later… Not the kind of support anyone should expect from such an expensive product.

By: ax

ax — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:34:52 +0000

i wish Photoshop and other adobe products used the thumbnail preview for each window contained in the application window

By: Chen Ye

Chen Ye — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:44:20 +0000

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511446.aspx#overlay

heh, in the example, it says “new mial”

By: 8675309

8675309 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:05:01 +0000

star dock had issues in the begging in vista

By: senti

senti — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:47:26 +0000

@kettch
it’s impossible because the code is hard-coded in the applications, so if an application use old code you can’t change it.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:03:48 +0000

“To this day, the “Gadget Gallery” window stands undefeated.” Lol. Btw they should make it so that only apps that follow the guidelines get the software logo..I don’t think that is the case right now. is it? Which is why lots of “modern” apps have ugly custom UIs and skins which the manufacturer thinks are cool.

By: Navarr

Navarr — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:14:09 +0000

They probably will in the future, they just don’t right now. The IE8 that ships with Windows 7, anyway, is a special build made for Windows 7. FireFox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari would be stupid not to pick up that functionality in later versions.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:30:25 +0000

i wish firefox or chrome used the thumbnail preview for each tab like ie does.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:58:51 +0000

@Sam, it’s because IE8 is also designed for XP, so it can’t completely use newer controls.