What changes and new features have Microsoft brought to the next generation of Windows 10? I believe this is a concern of many PC users. In addition to the remarkable features of the start menu and virtual desktop, Windows 10 also has a lot of minor changes that change the look and feel of the system, so what changes does the Win10 interface bring? The following is the introduction of the Win10 interface changes brought by the author.
Flat Icons
While Windows 8 has added a different style of start screen, except the start menu has been removed, the system's desktop mode has not changed, basically maintaining the style of Windows Vista, also It is the so-called Aero Glass design. Although this transparent aesthetic style looked great at the time, it is now somewhat outdated.
And Windows 10 made major changes to the system's desktop, including desktop icons, network settings, home groups, and some of the folders. The new icon has a flatter style, which is what Android and iOS today admire.
This design is also significantly different from the Metro style of Windows 8. On mobile devices, the minimalist Metro brings an elegant and intuitive aesthetic, but on the PC, many users complain that it's too simple. Both desktops and laptops have large-size displays, so why waste a lot of screen space, just fill the solid color of the large pieces?
In Windows 10, the desktop icon has become flat and provides more information, which also makes the most of the screen space. The original white space is now occupied by smaller, more complex projects, which are still conspicuous and easy to read, but more elaborate than the tiles that occupy Windows 8.
Blue seems to be Microsoft's new favorite, this is the color theme they used in the conference, but also reflected in many new icons. Although this is reminiscent of Mac OS X, which also has many blue icons, the difference between the two systems is limited to this.
In addition to color, the icons for these two operating systems look very different. Microsoft's pursuit of flattening is more radical, completely giving up the gradient effect. Simplicity and the use of a lot of blue reminds us of the previous Windows 95/98, but the fineness and contrast are higher.
But the flattening process has not been completed. The folder, disk, and library icons are the same as before, with no changes. In the taskbar, the new Home folder looks very different from the other folders. In addition, the search and task views also show a flat style. Obviously, the former Aero icon will eventually be completely replaced.
Narrower borders
In every windowed application, Microsoft has brought a subtle but unified change: except for the title bar, the borders of all the windows in the system are gone.
This is actually part of the evolution of the years. Windows 8 maintains the Aero-style icons for Windows Vista and Windows 7, but replaces the transparent look with flattening.
Strictly speaking, these windows are not completely borderless, but under the title bar, These slim borders can be almost completely ignored, which makes the Windows 10 look more refined than Windows 8.
New Start Menu
Microsoft's aesthetic design style on Windows 10 is already obvious: flat, blue main color. But if you open the start menu, things become a bit confusing.
Windows 10's new start menu is like a shrunken Windows 8 start screen, which is where the problem lies: the Metro design elements and Windows 10's more elaborate desktop mode are not in tune, in this new Windows In the environment, the gap between the two looks a bit too big.
Adding a dynamic tile to the Start menu will only magnify the difference between the two parts of Windows 10, which is of little help to usability. But if you completely give up the Metro element, it is equivalent to acknowledging that Windows 8 is not useful at all for non-touch devices.
And even if you ignore the dynamic tile, the start menu still looks wrong. By default, its color will vary depending on the system theme, but it is also the only menu in Windows 10 that will adapt to the system theme. Compare it directly with Windows 7 and you'll see that the latter is only easier to read and more compact.
After opening “All Apps", there will be a thick scrollbar appearing, and the search function of the start menu itself will be in conflict with the search button in the lower right corner of the menu. These questions all indicate that from a design perspective, Microsoft has not completely decided what it wants to make the start menu look like.
The elements of the past
The feeling of using Windows 10 for the first time is very different from that of Windows 8. The addition of the start menu and the ability to bring search functionality back to the desktop eliminates the need for most users to use the Metro interface.
But Windows 8 has not completely disappeared in the new system. For example, the Wi-Fi menu does not return to its previous state, or it ushers in a new flattened look. In addition, Windows 8's Metro app features dominate the desktop search results, even if there are other desktop menus or apps with the same features in the system. Microsoft needs to solve this problem before Windows 10 is officially released, because it will be very confusing for beginners.
Aero has not completely disappeared. The taskbar still maintains the appearance of frosted glass, and the new mission view is also heavily used in a transparent style. We hope that the task view will be adjusted before the system is released, because the current design looks like a strange mix of Windows Vista, 8 and 10.
Summary: Microsoft said that the Windows 10 Technology Preview is a fairly early version, and it is. Although we didn't see too many bugs, the operating system is obviously not finished yet. However, we can still see that Windows 10 wants to distinguish itself from the previous version.
While Windows 10 pays more attention to the desktop experience, Microsoft is not just reversing the changes brought about by Windows 8. Instead, Microsoft has put together the success of Windows Vista/7 and Windows 8/8.1, which will help us determine if Windows 10 is a system version with significant advances.