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#31 jakem1

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:03

Personally I think they should have used something similar to the WP7.5 logo

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#32 glyfz

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:04

Must have taken a whole 2 minutes to create that, flat and boring, suppose it fits in with metro which is, well, flat and boring!

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:05

View PostRudy, on 17 February 2012 - 17:50, said:

If they wanted less colours they should have went with the Longhorn style Windows logo, it was simple yet elegant

edit: Example: http://www.winsupers...h_alpha_048.gif (don't look at the ugly visual style, just the Windows logo in the start button)

How is the new logo much different? They're both monochrome, and the new one just has straight edges rather than wavy, and is rotated to a slight perspective angle.

Here's the logo white on a grey background:

Attached Image: win8whiteongrey.jpg

Personally I prefer it this way. Getting back to how the logo was originally intended to look... like a Window.. you know, like the product name. Not a flag.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:06

View PostTCLN Ryster, on 17 February 2012 - 18:05, said:

How is the new logo much different? They're both monochrome, and the new one just has straight edges rather than wavy, and is rotated to a slight perspective angle.

Here's the logo white on a grey background:

Attachment win8whiteongrey.jpg
The bigger version also has some shading to it if I remember correctly

#35 Audioboxer

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:08

Yuck. Just as yucky as metro.

Really not enjoying Microsoft nuke Windows to the ground graphically (IMO). Not as if they've ever really created anything nice (XP..... Vista..... :/), but Metro is taking things to a new level of terrible.

As much as I love Windows 7 as an operating system over Mac, I simply cannot understand why such a rich corporation can't hire decent GUI staff, or bump some from Apple.

#36 Astra.Xtreme

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:10

I like the simplicity of it, but I don't agree with using the same color for the logo and text. Black text would make it look much better, imo.

#37 shockz

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:14

It seems MS is on a mission to make 8 the ugliest version ever.

#38 neingesicht

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:22

Not a huge fan of the new logo.

#39 M_Lyons10

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:26

I'm not against this logo, I do like it for the most part. It just seems odd to me that they would be going against their iconic red, green, blue, yellow color scheme. From a branding standpoint I think it would have made more sense to carry those colors over to this new logo... This one looks like a Metro version of the Azure logo to me.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:26

People didn't do Windows 8 justice when they said "Microsoft is going back to Windows 3.1". They're actually going back to Windows 1.0! :laugh:

#41 Xerax

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:26

View PostChris123NT, on 17 February 2012 - 17:46, said:

They hired a company to do this? A 5 year old could do this in photoshop in 5 minutes.

This logo is crap.
Or by a 17 year old in 5 minutes (my avatar).

#42 +sc302

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:26

I like the idea of it looking like a window, but how bout looking like a window and looking at something on the other side. Maybe making it look like a window, with panes, trim molding, and what not, and in each pane have a different application running...Internet, in one, show the calculator in another to show number crunching power, maybe show a document in another pane to show wordprocessing, and another green pane looking at a power station to show that it likes the environment or some crap like that. This would show that windows is multifunctioning operating system that has been refreshed once again.

I like the basic look though, it makes you think that they went back to basics...but going back to basics isn't what is needed in the world or for that matter really wanted.

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:27

View Postjakem1, on 17 February 2012 - 18:03, said:

Personally I think they should have used something similar to the WP7.5 logo

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Yup, this is a simplification while retaining familiarity. I have no doubt that the general public will get used to the new one after a short while (plus Microsoft will have heavy marketing for it for sure), but I don't really see the point.

#44 cropcircles

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:42

View PostJan, on 17 February 2012 - 17:29, said:

God it looks awful :(

+ 1 Lets just jump back to 1975 and bring back the K cars too. Put some frickn' color to it at least

#45 Jygoro

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 18:44

It's OK. What I want to know is did they consult Bill Gates before doing this?