I've made a mockup of Windows 10 with Aero Glass

[paradox43]

 

http://paradox43.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Modern-UI-Aero-Glass-update-1-520394043

 

What do you guys think about it?

 

Thanks. This is my second mockup in GIMP. Sorry if it has some misaligned things.

[adam7288]

Looks good would like to see a more fleshed out design with other elements

[+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹]

it looks  nice to me  

 

i liked aero glass. the first and last microsoft theme that i did not feel like customizing at all.

[Dot Matrix]

The curved window breaks the modern look and feel.

[Ian W]

The curved window breaks the modern look and feel.

Don't the rounded toggles in the new UI?

[paradox43]

Notification area:

 

I'm still learning how to do mockups. Sorry.

I think that action buttons should be in a single row. And to show all of them, just swipe to the left.

[Dot Matrix]

Don't the rounded toggles in the new UI?

Rounded toggles don't bother me as much as rounded window corners. They still perfectly align with the design.

 

Window corners should never be rounded, at risk of creating eye sores such as this:

 

and this:

[paradox43]

There is another version of it:

[Ian W]

Notification area:

 

I'm still learning how to do mockups. Sorry.

I think that action buttons should be in a single row. And to show all of them, just swipe to the left.

That notification center is gorgeous!

But I am not sure how I feel about your proposal for the action buttons. How would mouse users, well, use this?

[zhangm Supervisor]

I think it's excessive use of transparency.

 

You can use transparency as a means to organize, classify, or highlight certain elements of content. When it's used for these specific purposes (like how you might use bold text to highlight something in a paragraph, or a larger font size for section titles in a document), it's actually a useful component of the interface. You lose this utility when the transparency is applied broadly, simply as a background for content in general.

 

Maybe some portion of users will like it because it's pretty, or it provides some intangible form of "good vibes". However, it's something that has potential utility to make the interface more informative, and applying transparency without considering specific reasons for doing so is pretty much just taking that potential and throwing it into the trash.

[Ian W]

Rounded toggles don't bother me as much as rounded window corners. They still perfectly align with the design.

Dot, I feel that rounded toggles are inconsistent with the rest of the UI. I loved the rectangular toggles in Windows 8 / Windows 8.1.

I suppose this is not relevant to the topic, though. I just don't want to lose the consistency that Windows 8.1 has.

[paradox43]

What about this one?

 

I fixed the shadow position of the window, it isn't rounded. Also I updated the notification panel.

 

I removed the notification panel's transparency. I think is better without it now.

[Ian W]

What about this one?

 

I fixed the shadow position of the window, it isn't rounded. Also I updated the notification panel.

 

I removed the notification panel's transparency. I think is better without it now.

I'll miss the visual effect . . . It's a good idea to have the "expand" option. I do wish it were just a tad larger.

[+virtorio MVC]

I don't like the transparency, but I would like an option to have it there for those that do.

Those rounded toggle controls look terrible.

[123456789A]

It's nice but the issue I have is the status boxes for Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.  With it being all shades of gray, I don't know what shade means on and what shade means off.

[paradox43]

It's nice but the issue I have is the status boxes for Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.  With it being all shades of gray, I don't know what shade means on and what shade means off.

 

Is the accent color: grey. I made them look like current Windows Phone status boxes.

[paradox43]

 

http://paradox43.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Modern-UI-Aero-Glass-update-3-520496761

 

I couldn't edit the previous post, sorry.

[0nyX]

Nice work. I really like it

[sinetheo]

 

http://paradox43.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Modern-UI-Aero-Glass-update-1-520394043

 

What do you guys think about it?

 

Thanks. This is my second mockup in GIMP. Sorry if it has some misaligned things.

 

OMG GORGEOUS

 

This and maybe more translucent and put the 7 icons back and I will switch ... if all the bugs from 8.1 are fixed

[sinetheo]

Also I would like a Windows 7 theme too just like Windows XP had a classic theme.

 

 

[paradox43]

I've polished the mockup, hope you like it.

http://paradox43.deviantart.com/art/Windows-10-Modern-UI-Aero-Glass-update-4-520496761

[WinMacLin Guy]

Looks very nice, you did a great job with it! I love the blur effect that helps set the background and foreground apart. It is not as skeuomorphic as Aero glass (I am specifically speaking about the removal of reflections; but I like that they are not part of your design, because I felt they were a bit distracting in Win7) and matches very well with the modern UI. All in all, I absolutely love the mockup, and I hope the Windows 10's transparency will end up looking close to this when it is done.

[paradox43]

I add the glow, but I think the color should adapt to the background (like the current "automatic" color scheme) in order to make it more readable. 

 

[tompkin]

I think Microsoft needs to hire you. 

[Lamp0]

Looks nice! Two things I would tinker with would be the drop shadow & the glow on the title bar. Also I think the close glyph is a little small.