Stop Stop Stop Hurting the Internet

A New Look for IE: “One of the most obvious changes since Beta 1 is in the toolbar area.”

“Is it just me, or does this look like a GUI widget test demo? 3 different styles of buttons, in various colors, in seemingly random arrangement. Tabs squished in between other semi-related buttons.” — Leslie Michael Orchard

Class: compare and contrast:

Teacher’s take:

• My God, they’ve made metal look good.

• My God, they’ve made XP’s Fisher Price look good.

• Is Microsoft attempting to resurrect the Windows 1.0 “we have 16 colors, we must use them all” theme?

• I’m glad Microsoft is embracing translucency in Vista’s interface. With any luck, I’ll be able to make their atrocious user interface completely invisible.

• The Safari screenshot compresses better than the IE7 shot. Less noise. Seriously.

Thursday, February 02, 2006
12:00 AM