Microsoft has made a major change in its plans for killing off Internet Explorer. The tech giant now says it will live on under "exceptional scenarios" and won't be affected by Windows Updates.
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After announcing its design changes last week, YouTube is rolling out its Material You redesign on its website and apps to all users globally that makes it more uniform across its apps and the web.
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Microsoft has confirmed that after testing with customers for the past few months, it is ready to make a notable UX change to Outlook, where Outlook apps will be moved to a new location for everyone.
Discord has adopted the cross-platform framework React Native for its Android app so it can keep up with the development pace of its clients on other OSes. However, there have been lots of complaints.
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Google has announced that its new Gmail redesign will become an opt-out experience rather than opt-in for some users starting today as the company ramps up to imminent general availability.
Google News is getting updated with a fresh and clean user interface that makes it easier to read relevant news, while also focusing more on local news offerings and personalized picks.
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Microsoft has shared another look at its upcoming unified OneNote app for Windows. The revamp will include new functionalities and Windows 11 design aesthetics such as Mica effect and rounded corners.
There is a clear lack of centralized oversight from Microsoft's Windows 11 development team in terms of design standardization and prioritization. And that is something that needs to be fixed ASAP.
Microsoft has implemented a new way to utilize Snap Layouts in Windows 11. The approach seems to be much more intuitive and also shows you a preview of the space occupied by a window in a slot.
With significant changes, Microsoft's Custom Translator portal now offers UI/UX guided experience, embedded deep links for more details, tooltips for quick information, and actionable error messages.
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Google has announced the rollout of a new user interface for Gmail starting from next week. With integrated applications tucked to the left pane, it initially appears to be quite similar to Outlook.
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Microsoft has finally updated the decade-old volume flyout in a Dev Channel build in Windows 11, but one has to wonder: why did it take so long for Microsoft to make a minor cosmetic change?
Those on Twitter might notice that the company has started rolling out a new feature for replies that does not require a dedicated modal window. Icons for recent searches have been made bigger too.
In this week's Closer Look, we discuss the changes that Microsoft has made to the Settings app in Windows 11, such as the removal of a traditional landing page and presence of breadcrumbs.
Microsoft has added a nice visualization for battery consumption in Windows 11 along with a few nifty UI improvements. However, it has removed some features that were present in Windows 10 too.
Google has begun rolling out the Material You refresh for its Workspace apps on Android this month. Users will notice updated navigation bars, Google sans font, and enhanced floating action buttons.
Microsoft has made a number of changes to the Search UI present in Windows 11, offering considerable advantages over that present in Windows 10. However, there is still room for improvement.
Microsoft is rolling out File Cards to Office for Android this month. It is a modern UI layout that offers you inline contextual information and quick actions for your Office files.
In the first recap column of the year, we take a gander at the sunsetting of Minecraft Earth, the Sun Valley UI overhaul for Windows 10, and much more. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.
Google Messages is testing categorizing conversations using labels that appear at the top of the app. The labels, which include All, Personal, Transactions, OTP, hope to reduce inbox clutter.
Facebook is showing a warning to users that its old interface on the desktop will be going away in September. This will mean users are forced to use the new minimalistic design introduced this year.
Slack is rolling out a complete redesign of its Android app to users running the beta version. The new design brings a bottom navigation bar, new swipe gestures for switching teams, and more.
Microsoft released a video celebrating the success of over a billion active Windows 10 users. However, that video also teased a new Start Menu design, new File Explorer and context menus in the OS.
Plex has released its new UNO interface on its Web app and is rolling it out to TVs this week. The Plex iOS app will get the UI really soon and then an update for Android is planned after that.
Plenty of Fluent Design improvements have been brought to Windows 10 in the past couple of years. This user has shown a concept of how a Fluent Design-inspired File Explorer may look like.
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Google is rolling out a fresh look and feel to the user interface of Google Drive, matching the recent changes introduced to Gmail as part of the search giant's new material design principles.
Reddit has announced that it will be rolling out its new redesign in alpha to more users over the next several weeks, introducing a large number of new features for both users and moderators.
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In response to a comment from a fan on Twitter, corporate VP of Xbox & Windows gaming Mike Ybarra indicated that, at least for the time being, no big changes are planned for the Xbox Dashboard.
HMD Global Oy, the company formed to make new Nokia devices, is set to bring the old Lumia/Nokia Camera UI to its new Android phones with a recent transfer of a UI trademark with Microsoft.
During the Indigo 2017 conference in the Netherlands, Valve, the desktop gaming leader, announced a much needed new UI refresh for their rather ancient desktop applications, amongst other things.
Good UI design is about making the user's life easier, except for these programmers on an informal Reddit competition, who are trying to make the worst possible volume slider they can think of.
According to multiple reports, Microsoft is looking to rejuvenate its digital assistant on the desktop by redesigning Cortana's UI to be more conversational and possibly moving it to the system tray.
Microsoft is currently testing a new update to the Cortana UI on the Windows 10 desktop that allows the virtual assistant to show Bing results directly on your desktop, without opening a browser.
Microsoft announced that the Creators Update would bring multitasking and speed improvements, as well as new UI elements to the Xbox One. Now we get a sneak peek at those changes in a short video.
Most great things have small beginnings and so it was too with iOS and the original iPhone. While we've already seen the iPod-inspired UI that never took off, we now take a look at the origins of iOS.
Microsoft's new AI creates super-realistic talking-head deepfakes, and it made Mona Lisa rap
Windows tweaking app WinToys gets a big update with new features and improvements
Windows 10 will soon start nagging you to switch from local account to Microsoft Account
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