Microsoft confirms the new Windows 8 logo

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LOL yeah, the whole thing is crazy, stupid designs and did you see the woman who demoed Win 8 at CES 2012? She was a total idiot, listen to how she described the hardware in various machines, it literally made me laugh and say how the hell does this woman work for Microsoft.

Every company has a couple of them.

There was a MS rep who used to use webcams to check his hair while in store. So when people would look at laptops, they would find hundreds of photos of this guy arranging his hair :\ ****ing retard.

Made a mock-up of how it'll fit in on the logon screen. Fits nicely if I'm honest.

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I have to say it looks great like that.

I would much prefer to see it like this though: http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

If you have the time, feel free to knock up another knock up :p

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I know this was a joke post, but it's sad some people actually are going to believe this.

Don't go into technical side of it, just an idea. Idea of Windows 1 and Windows 8 is same work flow wise, the whole concept.

Check it out, .tmp files, fonts and system executables all stored in the same directory as the text files you're supposed to read, now THAT'S an organized file system!

Think of this screen as Metro Start menu. Don't go into technical details of it. You will realize that Windows 8 is exactly that, concept wise.

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I really do think Microsoft should have retained a version of the logo with the four traditional colors, though, at the very least for display on the web or something:

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The flat monocolor version they went with is fine, but a more colorful version still could have worked for advertising.

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BTW, that bit** at Pentagram should read a book or two about something called "perspectives"... just saying....

http://blog.tarng.co...-of-perspective

Facepalm... you do realize that windows are just that, windows, and can be made in any shape, right?

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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)

That logo is in the shape of a flag, though, and this product is called Windows, so I think the logo for Windows should give the impression of one or more windows (just like the new logo does).

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I really do think Microsoft should have retained a version of the logo with the four traditional colors, though, at the very least for display on the web or something:

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The flat monocolor version they went with is fine, but a more colorful version still could have worked for advertising.

What if they would like to completely move away from the four colours, though? They did so with the Office logo, and if they would like all of their products to follow a consistent branding approach, they cannot use those four colours in the branding for Windows. I'm excited to see how this new branding will affect their other products, and I do hope their other products follow a consistent pattern to this new logo.

Did microsoft rehire a bunch old people from the windows dos and 3x days after 7 was released?

I honestly don't understand this huge leap backwards in UI design, and now over all graphical design.

It's really making the company seem boring to me now. I really don't even want to touch windows 8, and thats crazy since i couldn't wait for XP, Vista, and 7.

To many of us, this is a step forward in design. I've been using Windows Phone 7 since October 2010, and it has always felt like a step forward in design.

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Looking back on the original blog post about logo... near the bottom is this statement:

"Our final goal was for the new logo to be humble, yet confident. Welcoming you in with a slight tilt in perspective and when you change your color, the logo changes to reflect you. It is a ?Personal? Computer after all."

So I suspect the monochrome design of the logo has a functional purpose - it can be recolored as needed. Perhaps the logo will be recolored to fit in with the login screen?

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Quillz

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Looking back on the original blog post about logo... near the bottom is this statement:

"Our final goal was for the new logo to be humble, yet confident. Welcoming you in with a slight tilt in perspective and when you change your color, the logo changes to reflect you. It is a ?Personal? Computer after all."

So I suspect the monochrome design of the logo has a functional purpose - it can be recolored as needed. Perhaps the logo will be recolored to fit in with the login screen?

Well, yes, that's exactly what has been stated. The logo changes color depending on your computer's primary color. So, if you set up a predominately red color scheme, I'd imagine the logo will also turn red.

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The new logo is terrible. Even if it does change color on your computer, the official logo should always use the colors of every other Windows logo. That's the whole point of a logo; to make a brand instantly recognizable.

The Windows 7 logo is the best one in my opinion. Windows 8 should have used that one as a base and just removed the gradients and shadow; giving the colors a flat appearance. It would have been perfect.

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Where is that Windows 1.0 logo supposed to be from? I have the Windows 1.01 box here and there is no such logo on it anywhere, nor is there one anywhere in the OS itself. The same goes for Windows 2. Are you sure that isn't something someone made up years later?

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Gates left microsoft... steve in heaven... ! both were legends who lead OS insdustry where it is right now... ! new guys on both sides... are'nt gona be like them... ! i thinkk.. !

Right, because Bill and Steve personally coded every line of code in all previous OS from Microsoft and Apple.

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Quillz

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It doesn't matter who coded it, they had the final say.

Maybe with Steve Jobs, but Bill Gates transitioned out of his day-to-day role from Microsoft in 2008, before Win7 was released. I do wonder how much input he really had on that product. If anything, I'd guess that Sinofsky did far more than Gates did with 7.

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Quillz

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Should they forgo the number and just say Windows? People do not care what version of windows. Keep it simple! like Mac OS X.

Mac OS X uses both version number and code names in their public marketing.

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