Windows 7s Hidden "7" logo in start menu ?, did you see it ?

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soumyasch

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Just notice the Windows 7 boot animation carefully. Its just the logo enlarged a bit, overlaid on top of the original logo and blurred to give the appearance of a glow thats causing all the flares. The boot animation show this entire process. That the corners take the outline of the "7" seems purely coincidental.

I don't have a Windows 7 VM right now, so cannot show screenshots.

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how much time did you spend looking at start menu button?

Probably not long.

I always thought that the green glow was a 7, never thought it was special or clever just a nice little touch.

Stop lambasting the guy over his pointing out of something he thought was interesting, with out anyone posting this site would be pretty dead.

can we have a "7 of 9" background included in retail tongue.gif

That would mean we only have two versions of Windows left! :o

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Stop lambasting the guy over his pointing out of something he thought was interesting, with out anyone posting this site would be pretty dead.

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What do you expect of Neowin forums? The home of cynical, jestful, and patronizing posters all itching to post a fail-cat picture :)

It seems no one can get along in a thread at Neowin. Yet it's this friction occurring in every thread that makes this place interesting.

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What gives someone the motivation to even ponder the existence of something like this or even make a post about it with the effort to type on their keyboard? Isn't this the ultimate essence of "Who gives a ****?...."

What gives someone the motivation to post a useless response in a thread when they don't "give a ****", as you put it? Seriously, why not just move on and not post if you don't care about something? Why post such a negative response when the author of the thread was just trying to inform us all of something he thought was a possibility? Here's some news for you - other people are not the same as you; everyone finds different things interesting.

Disclaimer - This isn't me posting as a moderator; this is me posting as a member and just trying to figure out why people post such responses as yours.

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I think they took the 7 logo off the corner of the Windows flag/logo.

This. The Windows logo has had that shape for years and years, I'm not sure why anyone would conclude that it was designed to be shaped like a 7 instead of the other way around.

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What gives someone the motivation to post a useless response in a thread when they don't "give a ****", as you put it? Seriously, why not just move on and not post if you don't care about something? Why post such a negative response when the author of the thread was just trying to inform us all of something he thought was a possibility? Here's some news for you - other people are not the same as you; everyone finds different things interesting.

Disclaimer - This isn't me posting as a moderator; this is me posting as a member and just trying to figure out why people post such responses as yours.

+1. Glad to see mods comfortable as posting as members too.

Anyway back on topic.

It does seem like there is alot of emphasis (spelling?) on the green but I think it may be a accident or coincidence.

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What do you expect of Neowin forums? The home of cynical, jestful, and patronizing posters all itching to post a fail-cat picture :)

It seems no one can get along in a thread at Neowin. Yet it's this friction occurring in every thread that makes this place interesting.

Can't argue with that (or is that against the rules? :p)

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As a couple people have pointed out, the 7 logo was taken from the Windows logo. It's just the top right corner of the Windows logo.

Well, that's not confirmed. It's just a theory some people have ;)

I've decided, I think it was a coincidence :)

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Oh yea, u mean 2 months of absolutely nothing to do vacation ;) .........

@Telemachus : wallpaper is uploaded

Kruh_by_analogia_deviantart.bmp

Thanks, picture kinda small though, but thank you so much none the less! ^,^

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This is a well hidden secret, but Microsoft has always hidden the version number in the windows logo. Just look at this for proof.

LOL!

Seven segment LED numbers for the win. :rofl:

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