Microsoft’s devotion to its “Metro” design aesthetic doesn’t
stop at Windows 8, Windows Phone and the most recent Xbox Dashboard: it also
influenced the new Windows 8 logo.
Unlike previous iterations of the Windows logo, which embraced wavy lines to the point where people mistook it for a flag, the revised Windows 8 logo is clearly, a window. “If you look back at the origins of the logo you see that it really was meant to be a window,” he wrote. We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bring Windows back to its roots.”
It’s perhaps ironic that, despite Windows’ logo returning to its roots, Windows 8 represents something of a radical deviation from the “traditional” Windows user interface. In a bid to run effectively on both tablets and PCs, Windows 8 features a “Metro”-style "start" screen of colorful tiles linked to applications—the better to tap and swipe, if the device running the OS happens to feature a touch-screen. Power users and those who want the old-style Windows experience can flip from there to a fully actualized desktop, which has undergone some tweaks of its own.
Microsoft executives claim that Windows 8 will offer “no compromises” in either its tablet or traditional PC iterations. Indeed, Windows on ARM will feature a modified version of “Office 15,” the upcoming version of Microsoft’s Office software.
Within the Windows desktop, WOA includes desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, code-named ‘Office 15, WOA will be a no-compromise product for people who want to have the full benefits of familiar Office productivity software and compatibility.
Source:http://www.eweek.com
Unlike previous iterations of the Windows logo, which embraced wavy lines to the point where people mistook it for a flag, the revised Windows 8 logo is clearly, a window. “If you look back at the origins of the logo you see that it really was meant to be a window,” he wrote. We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bring Windows back to its roots.”
It’s perhaps ironic that, despite Windows’ logo returning to its roots, Windows 8 represents something of a radical deviation from the “traditional” Windows user interface. In a bid to run effectively on both tablets and PCs, Windows 8 features a “Metro”-style "start" screen of colorful tiles linked to applications—the better to tap and swipe, if the device running the OS happens to feature a touch-screen. Power users and those who want the old-style Windows experience can flip from there to a fully actualized desktop, which has undergone some tweaks of its own.
Microsoft executives claim that Windows 8 will offer “no compromises” in either its tablet or traditional PC iterations. Indeed, Windows on ARM will feature a modified version of “Office 15,” the upcoming version of Microsoft’s Office software.
Within the Windows desktop, WOA includes desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, code-named ‘Office 15, WOA will be a no-compromise product for people who want to have the full benefits of familiar Office productivity software and compatibility.