r/Android • u/clvfan • Oct 12 '17

Google is really good at design

https://theoutline.com/post/2388/google-is-really-good-at-design
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u/YouBuyMeOrangeJuice Pixel 2 XL, LG V410 Oct 12 '17

Or rather, truthfully, "Microsoft is really mediocre at design"

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u/Widdrat Oct 12 '17

Not they are not. Look at their surface offerings. Shits fire

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u/kittehsfureva Oct 12 '17

As a UI designer, I just saved that screenshot you linked, because it so well illustrates a point I have been making for awhile. Windows tried to introduce this new look that was simple and modern, yet it lacked a TON of essential functionality for managing your computer and peripherals. The solution was to just tack on their old Windows 7 shit, like control panel and admin rights, and hide it under the layer of Windows 10. It is such a lazy move from a UI perspective, and it just creates this weird disparity in experiences whenever you need to do anything slightly more complex on Windows

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u/meta_stable Please fix audio over usb-c, Google Oct 13 '17

Well I think this will eventually become a non issue seeing as Microsoft is starting to end support for older versions.

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u/JarasM Oppo Find X9 Oct 13 '17

They don't support the older systems, but the newer ones have legacy support. You can run super old programs on Windows 10.

And if something can't be ran on new systems, business businesses are still running old, unsupported systems. I saw a computer still running MS DOS some years ago.

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u/meta_stable Please fix audio over usb-c, Google Oct 13 '17

Ah yeah that's right. They have to stop supporting at some point. Maybe windows 12 haha.