Windows Mobile 7 Series
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- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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Looks nice, but I can't help but think the UI is looks over functionality. I mean the type looks alright but there isn't enough to distinguish data from controls with buttons having the same font/weight and no extra decoration to set them apart.
Can't help thinking it would confuse the hell out of 90% of MS' audience which is everyman who can barely tell the difference between facebook.com and an article about the facebook login system
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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Also the UI is too photo heavy, sort of thing that looks great with carefully selected stock photos. But when the contents of a drunken camera phone facebook photo album and all over the shop its gonna look dogshit.Actually everything MS does these days is way too stock photo heavy, really unconvincing ones too. Like those "Windows 7 was my idea" ads, with the most unrealistic cunts in the world posing away and a smug slogan over them, thats supposed to make me connect with your product?
- monkeyshine0
Biggestdog, have you seen the Zune interface? It's a very similar UI. While I don't have a Zune I have played around with a friends and I'd disagree that the UI is not functional. The navigation is definitely different than your run of the mill linear navigation but it feels pretty organic. And it's way cleaner than conventional navigation b/c you don't have these static buttons all over the place, taking up screen space.
Mobile 7 seems like Zune on steroids...we'll see if MS can maintain control over the interface and keep it clean and simple. So far it looks good to me. As a designer I'm excited to see a canvas UI used so well in a mobile experience.
God, listen to me...what a nerd. :/
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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Oh I'm not disputing its a nice interface I rate it as the best UI out of MS in years, just saying imagine someones dad trying to figure it out what's a button.
- dasmeteor0
[bump],
I've just discover the project after reading this post :
And honestly I'm enthusiast about it.
http://my-os.net/blog/index.php?…
Sorry it's in french. But the video is pretty clear.
- formed0
looks nice!
I like the black. I HATE the silver on my iPhone!
Fingers crossed it'll be a true competitor to the iPhone and start lowering costs.