MikeChipshop Member Posted July 8, 2015 Member Share Posted July 8, 2015 I was reading this thread, and it caused me to theorize on the poor guy in charge of the list of UI discrepancies through out the Windows releases. Though it might be fun to collate some of the Neowin users favourite / least favourite UI issues they see in what ever version of Windows they are using. I'll start... Found in Windows 8.1 Now, this isn't a Windows bashing thread. It's not about which version of Windows is bad, or who's version of Windows is better, it's not about "But no one except enthusiasts sees this area of the computer", it's about spotting these issues and poking fun at them. Any version of Windows can be scoured (except Windows 1, obviously). Let's create that nightmare list! alex_d2w, Pulagatha, bluesman86 and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S. Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Ancient Tooltip From The Past: In Windows 95 to Windows 10 Titlebars of Wonders: Windows 10 bluesman86, kozukumi, Aergan and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted July 8, 2015 Author Member Share Posted July 8, 2015 Ancient Tooltip From The Past: In Windows 95 to Windows 10 To this day i'd never noticed that tool tip! Pulagatha and Ian S. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son_Of_Dad Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Found in Windows 8.1 offline.jpg The Fonts folder is similar on all my installs, it has been updated to a Vista style folder but is set to (I think) 48x48 MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Right click Context menus on desktop. The gaps marked with red dot are all inconsistent. bluesman86, Aergan, Buttus and 5 others 8 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Image credits to Neowin member bluesman86, GJVC, MikeChipshop and 11 others 14 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 8, 2015 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2015 Differences in the border width of themed UI elements between non DPI aware applications and DPI aware applications MikeChipshop, bluesman86, Pulagatha and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted July 9, 2015 Author Member Share Posted July 9, 2015 Differences in the border width of themed UI elements between non DPI aware applications and DPI aware applications That's quite a biggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derkim Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 from Windows 9x to 10... The same registry icon Pulagatha, bluesman86, MikeChipshop and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 9, 2015 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2015 I know that 7/8/10 suffer from it (In varying ways, since it depends on the theme in use). Vista and XP probably suffer from it too, but I haven't been able to test them. Also the Win95 era client services icons I missed until after posting, and the fact that 2 windows of the same properties "feature" have 2 different DPI awareness states. MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeusProto Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 from Windows 9x to 10... The same registry icon Fax cover page editor looks even more dated, like Win95ish: C:\Windows\System32\FXScover.exe MikeChipshop, alex_d2w and bluesman86 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 from Windows 9x to 10... The same registry icon Actually that's not quite right, it's worse! it's actually from 3.1 Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted July 9, 2015 Author Member Share Posted July 9, 2015 Actually that's not quite right, it's worse! it's actually from 3.1 In that case, that icon is older than some of the members here lol. SoCalRox and derkim 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I don't have a screenshot (at work) but the dark/light theme settings is different for Edge and Groove. Edge: First option in settings and is titled something like "Choose a theme" Groove: Last option in settings and is titled "Background" I am half convinced that Microsoft developers don't use the stuff their company puts out. MikeChipshop and alex_d2w 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I just cropped down, Why is tools available (twice in the supplied image, but 3 times if you have the menu bar <which I do>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulagatha Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Does white scroll bars on the Edge dark theme count? What about Settings in the individual apps being on different sides? The border changes on some of the dialog boxes that appear off of the taskbar and Start Menu (like the jump lists.) The point of the arrow on the desktop context menu is slightly off. Borders, no borders, double borders on buttons and context menus. alex_d2w 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan~ Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I remember the days of vista with that horrible cyan line on the outside of a window. My friend never noticed it until I told him then he hated it everytime, once seen.... alex_d2w 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Lets play a game, which icons don't belong with all the others? So I assume that moricons.dll is kept for compatibility reasons which is fine but why did they add icons 108 - 114 with Windows XP? That to me seems a little odd when I'm sure they could of been put in a different dll. Under Windows 10 icon 108 is blank and 114 has been removed but everything else is the same including those "NEW" Office 2000/XP icons. alex_d2w, Aergan and MikeChipshop 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 bluesman86 and SoCalRox 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozukumi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I remember the days of vista with that horrible cyan line on the outside of a window. My friend never noticed it until I told him then he hated it everytime, once seen.... has been a long time since I last saw Vista but I can't remember what you mean, do you have a screen shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 10, 2015 Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2015 I don't know why people are bitching about this, it's a GOOD thing that the right click menu is context aware and adjusts for the app in question, should have been like that a long time ago No, they're just 6 different implementations of the context menu (And the jumplist, but that's different). alex_d2w, theyarecomingforyou, Aergan and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozukumi Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I don't know why people are bitching about this, it's a GOOD thing that the right click menu is context aware and adjusts for the app in question, should have been like that a long time ago Because it looks crap? Why are the fonts different? Why do some have drop shadows and some not? Different separator line styles? Some with icons some without. Etc. It is just laziness. DeusProto, ViperAFK, Depicus and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 10, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted July 10, 2015 Yeah, for the last few versions of Windows MS design approach has been terrible. Really do not know what they smoke over there when it comes to aesthetics. I'm liking 10 better than 8 which was a complete disaster, but it's still really rough around the edges. Mac OS looks beautiful compared to Windows these days. To be fair one of the reasons I joined Neowin back in the day was for all the amazing Windows XP themes. So really, MS have just never been good at eye candy. The Cupcake Generator, Jim K and alex_d2w 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son_Of_Dad Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I remember the days of vista with that horrible cyan line on the outside of a window. My friend never noticed it until I told him then he hated it everytime, once seen.... AAGGGHHHHHH!!! That cyan line :8 I didn't like the glass look to begin with but the line killed me. cacoe 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomR Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Different UI of searchbox in different apps. kozukumi, alex_d2w, Mugwump00 and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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