Neowin News Feed for: User interface

Mockups show what Windows 8 looked like in 2010

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:47:01 +0000

A Microsoft employee revealed some of the early Windows 8 design mockups from 2010 at a user interface event. While much of the general design remained the same, there are some stark differences. Read more...

Is Metro now called "Modern UI"? [Update] - Microsoft responds

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:56:44 +0100

Microsoft references to the interface previously known as Metro on its websites appear to refer to the interface as "Modern" instead of the previously reported "Windows 8 style." Read more...

Could Microsoft be reducing usage of the word 'Metro'?

Paul Ferson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:04:36 +0100

Information from sources inside Microsoft seems to indicate that the company is attempting to reduce the usage of the word 'Metro', which has become synonymous with their modern design. Read more...

Windows 8 Metro UI on Android? Well..sort of

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:13:23 +0100

A developer has created a way to bring a version of Windows 8's Metro user interface over to Android as a custom theme for the mobile OS that so far works on a couple of tablets. Read more...

Windows 8 Windows Store user interface explained

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:04:37 +0000

In a new post on the official Windows Store blog, Microsoft goes over how it is designing the user interface and experience for Windows 8's upcoming app download store. Read more...

New Mozilla Firefox UI designs revealed

Stefano Elia — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:35:54 +0100

Mozilla reveals some of the latest user interface designs for the upcoming Firefox 8, predicted to be released in the early part of next year. Read more...

Microsoft granted new patent for 3D task gallery user interface

Denis Wong — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:48:55 +0100

Three-dimensional user interfaces are nothing new - to the crowd that dares to try the first experiments of moving away from the traditional flat desktop metaphor. They haven't gone far, unfortunately. One of the more... Read more...

Google refreshes their UI

Alan Cone — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:02:43 +0000

Google is known for sporadically rolling out new updates or test changes to the user interface for their search engine. Recently, the search giant has added something a little extra to their web page regarding... Read more...

Salesforce.com unveils user interface as a service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:14:53 +0100

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Next Monday, Salesforce.com will, in the words of one industry analyst, "extend the value proposition of software as a service" when it introduces Visualforce at its Dreamforce Conference in San Francisco. The Visualforce layer introduces... Read more...

Lawsuit filed against Apple over vague user interface patent

Slimy — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:02:06 +0100

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The patent holding company IP Innovation LLC has filed a lawsuit against Apple Incorporated, blaming the Cupertino-based company for "directly infringing at least claim 21 of the '412 Patent through, among other activities, the manufacture,... Read more...

Multilingual User Interface Packs for WMP 10

malebolgia — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 01:50:32 +0100

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Many enterprise customers have deployed the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack in their corporations as a way to ease desktop administration and reduce desktop management costs in multilingual computing environments. The Windows Media Player... Read more...

Multilingual User Interface Packs for WMP 9 Series

malebolgia — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:47:07 +0100

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Mozilla User Interface Spoofing Vulnerability

malebolgia — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 23:57:36 +0100

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A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox, allowing malicious websites to spoof the user interface. The problem is that Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox don't restrict websites from including arbitrary, remote XUL (XML... Read more...

Visio 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack Update: KB833997

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:01:44 +0100

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Microsoft recommends that you use the Office Update site to determine if your computer requires this update before installing it. For more information on this update, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article... Read more...

WMP9: Multilingual User Interface Pack

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 10:59:41 +0100

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Quick Info Download Size: 2618 KB - 61028 KB - Date Published: 4/2/2003 - Version: 9 Series Overview Many enterprise customers have deployed the Windows XP Multilingual User Interface Pack... Read more...