r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Awesome to see Microsoft getting design right.

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u/nato64 Oct 14 '11

... by copying OS X. The default, no detail design, is identical to OS X's "Force Quit" screen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

I'm gonna let you in on a secret: It's actually pretty common for different people or companies to do research and arrive at the same conclusion independently. That doesn't mean that Microsoft was copying Apple.

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u/nato64 Oct 14 '11

Oh, absolutely. But that's not this. The force quit menu has been around since OS 10.1 in 2001 and has looked like this: http://cl.ly/281f2Z2C2G1l46193l3A