[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

By Ian S.
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  1. 1. On a scale of 1-5, 1 being worst, 5 being best. What do you think of Windows 10 from the leaks so far?

    • 5.Great, best OS ever
      156
    • 4. Pretty Good, needs a lot of minor tweaks
      409
    • 3. OK, Needs a few major improvements, some minor ones
      168
    • 2. Fine, Needs a lot of major improvements
      79
    • 1.Poor, Needs too many improvements, all hope is lost, never going to use it
      41

  2. 2. Based on the recent leaks by Neowin and Winfuture.de, my next OS upgrade will be?

    • Windows 10
      720
    • Windows 8
      20
    • Windows 7
      48
    • Sticking with XP
      3
    • OSX Yosemite
      35
    • Linux
      24
    • Sticking with OSX Mavericks
      3

  3. 3. Should Microsoft give away Windows 10 for free?

    • Yes for Windows 8.1 Users
      305
    • Yes for Windows 7 and above users
      227
    • Yes for Vista and above users
      31
    • Yes for XP and above users
      27
    • Yes for all Windows users
      192
    • No
      71

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Noir Angel

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I think the idiot that started the flat and ugly UI trend should die in a horribly painful fire. I don't know why Microsoft feel they have had to go for it so full bloodedly.

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neufuse Veteran

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I actually like the isometric look... but then I still love the old Isometric RPG's and SimCity 2000/3000/4  :rofl:

 

sometimes I feel like the whole flat thing was because MS lost their graphic design company working for them and someone in MS said "hey I have MS Paint I can do it!"

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Andre S. Veteran

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The thing is, the Vista icons were so good that whatever they put out it's going to be difficult to convince users it's a change for the better. I'm quite unconvinced. Seems like the icons will harder to recognize when they're not huge as in the screenshot. Don't know why they use such a pronounced angle.

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trag3dy

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I find the Vista icons to be extremely ugly and, well, old. Usually one of the first things I do after a reformat is change all the default icons.

 

While these new ones aren't the most aesthetically pleasing things in the world they could be a lot worse.

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firey

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I find the Vista icons to be extremely ugly and, well, old. Usually one of the first things I do after a reformat is change all the default icons.

 

While these new ones aren't the most aesthetically pleasing things in the world they could be a lot worse.

Interesting.. I thought the vista icons looked very clean and crisp.  Nice modern shading/transparency and coloring effects.  Really a to each their own sort of deal.

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Draggendrop Veteran

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complainers will always complain. We already new the icons were gona be angled that way. Be grateful they look nicer

For one, it's not a matter of complaining. For pure desktop work, Windows 10 is going to be great. The stability seems to be there and win32/64 programs for work just fly nice. Once the AMD drivers are fixed, which I am sure they will be, this will be a great platform for desktop only. Which only leaves eye sore icons for me.  Other users who rely on touch or MS apps, well, I see a lot of issues and they will be more important to you. So, yes, icons are not a big deal and will be dealt with and it is not...complaining for the sake of complaining, if you know the context... :)

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trag3dy

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Interesting.. I thought the vista icons looked very clean and crisp.  Nice modern shading/transparency and coloring effects.  Really a to each their own sort of deal.

 

i guess ugly wasn't the right word to use. Just after so many years of looking at them I'd rather have something different.

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