Thank god, they're not keeping the current ones.
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-asks-for-feedback-on-windows-10-icons-shows-off-entirely-new-set
Still shit
>>47079243
They look a lot better.
>>47079243
Looks a lot better, but the folders look strange.
They're placeholders
ugly af
I don't understand that all the elements are flat except the icons...Use the fuckin icon-style as the icons of Office 2013/2016...
Muh flat.
Well, at least I don't have to put up with that horrible Recycle Bin icon.
>>47079243
Better, but still not good
With all the money MS has cant they hire just one decent designer. Is the whole company a bunch of out of touch old men?
>tfw Macfags get consistently beautiful desktop OS design
>>47079243
thank god, much better than the previous design.
Much better, but it looks a bit inconsistent with the sharp, visibly aliased icons next to the blurry, antialiased text.
I could accept some blurry text if the UI had abolished the pixel everywhere except as a rendering detail and would scale perfectly from 0.1x to 10x at least, but this being Windows it probably still has dialogs with hardcoded pixel layouts from Windows 3.11.
>>47079384
The icons in 10.10 are just flat icons with neon pastel colors and slight gradients you shithead.
So now we are getting le ebin isometric icons – why can't their designers think of something themselves?
I swear if this continues, Win10 will ship with Trendwhore Shape icons.
>>47079384
>OS X
>beautiful
kek
>>47079409
what
>>47079243
If anything these icons look more Windows 9x-ish to me.
>>47079430
>the stainless steel Launchpad icon just turned into a flat gray circle
>Safari goes from looking like a glass compass to some plain colors
>iTunes from a cool blue bubble to a neon red stamp
And it goes on.
Better, but only because the last ones were an abomination. Those are just ugly as fuck.
Hire new artists Microsoft. The people you've got doing this shit for you are awful and are still headed full fucking blast in the wrong direction.
>>47079460
They outsource their icon development to a company called "Iconfactory".
Windows 95/98 style recycle bin mixed with the transparency of the Windows XP style recycle bin...
>>47079455
>2015
>Liking web 2.0 style overly glossy graphics
I like the recycle/drive/printer icons, but This PC seems wrong. Don't really like the folders either
>>47079474
If they're going with this icon theme then they should offer alternative themes as well because that's what iconfactory and others are good at.
>>47079455
>>47079500
forgot my image
>>47079243
Hopefully 'This PC' changes for the device its on. If it's a desktop it will somehow display a desktop, if its a laptop ect
>>47079520
Because if it didn't all hell would break loose
>>47079500
>implying flat design is superior to visual depth
The perspective sort of reminds me of Transport Tycoon. In a good way.
The Windows logo on the "Windows Drive" icon is fucking horrible though.
>>47079559
But the flattest design 2013 looks the best
>>47079559
See, this is how flat design should be done. Not shit like >>47079455
>>47079550
Yea you don't want to see me angry
Without Neowin logo
>>47079601
*unsheathes his katana*
>>47079585
Eh, I like the 2005 logo. Best use of color (not too intense but sharp).
>isometric
Why wouldn't they use a proper perspective?
>>47079615
See? Windows Explorer has tabs.
>>47079474
>They outsource their icon development to a company called "Iconfactory".
NOPE
>>47079632
FLAT FLAT FLAT
FL...................T
F_A.................T
F__T................T
F__T................T
F__T................T
F__T................T
_L_T................T
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>2015
>not going for yosemite style icons
jesus christ its like they got minecraft artists to design those icons
>>47079615
THEY CENTERED THE "CLOSE" "MAXIMIZE" AND "MINIMIZE" BUTTONS VERTICALLY
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
BASED M$
>>47079738
Why is Yosemite's visual design something worth following?
>>47079243
Still ugly as fuck.
What the fuck Microsoft. Do you even gd?
I actually liked the older design better.
I guess I was the only one.
>>47079455
Icons are part of a system. They're not supposed to look good on their own.
>giving a fuck about icons or looks instead of performance and software compatibility
>crying about DEFAULT shit that can be changed
Really, you are fucking disgusting trash, also, here, I changed the win10 icons to win7 ones in less time you posted to cry about them
>>47079848
What does that actually mean? I'm just criticizing the aesthetic of OS X 10.10.
In the very least I wish the dock was still a shelf rather than a gray rectangle. It can be a flat-shaded shelf but still make it as though the icons are sitting on it, not in it.
>>47079853
They play a huge role in the feel and vibe that people will get when using windows.
In this day and age, if you want to advertise or market some product, aesthetics actually matter, whether you like it or not
>>47079243
black Cortana looks sexy
>>47079243
Not as bad, but it's still bad.
>>47079929
Its like crying about default wallpapers, so fucking retarded
>>47079243
>asking for feedback
that's the worst idea ever
PC users are mostly morons that don't know what they want. Even if they liked it now they will hate it on RTM this summer
They really look like a mix of 95/98 with a "modern" style
>>47079867
It means you're not supposed to look solely at the icons. You have to look at the entire screen and the rest of the UI. Sometimes, you even have to take the screen, screen border, and laptop design into account as well.
I actually like these icons...
>>47079243
call me when they are at least as good as this guys work
http://oliverjanoschek.deviantart.com/
>>47080062
here's what I mean. Do you think OS X would look good on the variety of Windows laptops? Absolutely not. But Windows 8 looked pretty darn nice on the new laptops. Windows Vista and 7 also had a gradual increase towards merging the laptop aesthetics with the OS.
And now Windows 10 is changing. So is the form and function of Windows laptops. Tablets aesthetics are also changing. Even desktop screens have changed a lot in aesthetics since the time of XP.
>>47080090
Nice advertising, brah.
Why did the Start button shrink!?
>>47079559
2005 a best
>>47079598
yosemite icons are not really flat. They just got rid of gloss and other overlay effects and cleaned up a bit, icons still have gradients at the background. glyphs, shapes on icons still have a little shadows and it looks a lot better than gradientless/shadowless complete flat design shit. The reason windows icon look better now then previous totally flat ones.
pic related: If yosemite icons were flat/gradientless/shadowless etc. they would look like shit. flat design sucks as much as web 2.0 glossy icons. somewhere between is better.
>>47080090
those are fucking horrible
>>47080110
not mine, but as Soon as I saw the isometric look, I thought... wait there are way better icons already made with that look.
In fact the computer icon looks way too similar.
>Microsoft shows off new icons
>hate them at first
>they grow on me with time
>Microsoft kills them in favor of different ones
FUCK
>>47079987
This. Steven Sinofsky said making Windows was like making a pizza for millions of people. The last thing you need to do is asking for the ingredients they want in the piiza.
>>47080090
Fuck off
>>47080090
But icon design moved past that trend years ago...
>>47080143
Those are flat as hell.
>>47080090
Windows doesn't have any dark themes. Try changing the colors of that icon to something brighter, and then come back.
>>47079559
>>47079585
>>47079598
>>47080134
pic related. What do you guys think now?
context matters.
>>47080192
I'm really not into flat icons and I now they are trendy now but they are annoying.
>>47079981
but Windows 7 looks gimmicky. Why would I go back to it?
>>47080228
Digging that 2005 still
>>47079491
Why is it called a recycling bin if it doesn't recycle?
build 10041 has just been released
>>47080255
stupid skeuomorphism
>>47079243
>That taskbar
When can I start suing?
>>47080198
>>47080143
not that anon anon but c'mon. read son:
>pic related: If yosemite icons were flat/gradientless/shadowless etc.
lel. Everyone complaining about the way icons look when we all know it's ridiculously hard to customize them. Fucking kek, ya nerds. How does win 10 perform though? I think i should finally install and see. I've been to fucking lazy to screw with it.
>>47080259
how do I update? I'm on 9926
>>47080255
Recycles your hard drive space?
That or they didn't want to go with Trash because Apple had been suing them for everything.
>>47079491
>has transparency
>they must be similar!
>>47080328
Settings App -> look for updates
>>47080328
Settings app -> Update & recovery
>>47080328
>>47080346
>>47080347
only on fast ring though
>>47080347
Not him (obviously): can you also update from 10036?
>>47080370
I guess so. It's same branch
>>47080322
it has some pretty decent features. still your basic windows bloat though.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/18/windows-10-technical-preview-build-10041-now-available/
Things fixed: 4 lines
New things that need to be fixed: 40 lines
hahaha
>>47080411
>In this build, the Mail, Calendar, and People apps may be broken due to a licensing issue with the Store Beta. To get these apps working again, you need to follow these steps:
>Open powershell as administrator and type...
confirmed for new Linux bullshit
>>47080346
>>47080347
>>47080364
settings set to fast.
still.
>>47080436
IT'S A BETA.
>no Spartan yet
fuck this gay earth
>>47080465
next build I though
>>47079243
>NT
Ayy lmao
>>47079243
I like them
>>47080411
They never list all changes.
>>47080456
only on first world countries
>>47079707
Why not IconFactoryFactory?
I can confirm that 10036 leak build updates to 10041.
>>47080290
wallpaper pls
10041 it's a build compiled last Friday.
Not bad.
>>47079455
Blue gradient iTunes icon looks like the same kind of gradient I'd see on bad Newgrounds flash animations.
>still no tabs in explorer
;_;
How can I install my own icons??
>>47080553
daily reminder that people were praising OSX design and continue to do so
far better then they had before, must say
Certainly better than those previous ones, but they still don't look that great. The recycle bin and drive icons look shit
>>47080568
That's pretty sexy, Anon.
Got more?
>>47080568
ghost-like folders mean they were deleted
>>47079433
>>47079491
Good.
Those were the best icons.
>>47080568
because you have no taste and shouldn't be allowed to cripple the OS design
>>47080568
Source?
>>47080568
why are you so gay gay anon ?
should we all be worried that this faggotry is contagious ?
>>47079491
it's a square/iso version of the vista recycle bin, almost exactly
>>47079817
but now the minimize button looks like a win3.x close button
Behold: Windows 11 icon leak
>>47080539
>
>>47080539
See that little arrow next to the post number? Click that, hit "Image Search" and then hit "Google."
There you go, champ.
>>47080246
yep, still the best one easily
>>47080713
.. and at an alternate resolution.
>>47080725
that arrow has never worked for me. always takes me to the top of the page.
wat do
oh snap.. look what we have here.
>>47080743
use a post-IE6 browser
>>47080725
Sorry I'm usually not that lazy.
>>47080710
Actually looks better than what Windows 10 is using, I'd use those.
>>47080751
>FBI
>>47079615
wow, that looks horrible.
- Huge toolbar utter waste of space.
- Close/Minimize buttons are too far away from each other, while the icons on the left have too small spacing.
- forward backward buttons are too small, while useless buttons that nobody uses (Move to, Copy to, Delete) are huge as fuck.
- buttons look assymetricall and somewhat off
- icons are still horrible, even though less horrible than the previous ones
>>47080710
>>47080751
>still on 9926
>>47080619
>>47080609
>>47080598
>>47080591
>>47080594
You g-guys are not helping. How do I install my own icon set?
>>47080760
using chrome beta 41 lel
>>47080810
you don't
>>47079455
New ones look better.
>>47080568
this is all i see
>>47080771
>FBL
Federal Bureau of Lolis
>>47080810
Manually replace the icons in Win32.
Make sure you have each icon with all resolutions needed for any size icon that windows wants.
>>47079842
They look good so just stop already.
Not sure what the current ones are, but these look terrible, like out of a video game or something.
Guess they know their audience. :^)
>>47080829
> FUND IT
Is it bad that I want this icon pack?
That looks amazing, even if I only used it for a month.
>>47079942
>Black Cortana making you soul food twerking her wide booty in the kitchen while stirring batter
>>47080871
I choked on my own laughter.
but really, >>>/pol/
>tfw I can't use Cortana in NZ, even with US locale.
>>47080907
You have to change everything to US,
Location settings
Language settings
Keyboard settingd
>>47080907
Shit, really?
They better sort that shit out before it goes RTM. Having a search assistant that's US only in 2015 is unacceptable.
>>47080751
Yeah 10041 just became available via update on my build 9926 install.
>>47080918
what. the. fuck.
Do the keyboard settings dictate which NSA servers Windows calls home to?? The shit is that?
Am I the only one who preferred the flat ones?
I don't like these "flat-but-with-gradients" icons.
The folder icons look really weird. The Computer is too detailed, the Recycle Bin looks too 3D and similar to Win 95, etc.
>>47080980
>Am I the only one who preferred the flat ones?
Yes.
Those look... really good, actually. An isometric skeumorphic without going hurr flat. I like it.
What the fuck, the old ones looked great. These just look like some shitty compromise between minimalist logos and the Win7 ones.
>/g/ in charge of taste
>>47081090
The Recycle Bin on 10036 was terrible. It didn't even look right next to the other icons, just like it was a rush job.
these are less shit, but less shit is still shit
>>47081136
Sure but the folders and stuff were top sex.
>>47081066
this
they've gone from laughably bad to pretty decent
>>47081161
The other icons I was okay with if only because I wanted the flat aesthetic to extend beyond the Modern UI. The actual look of the icons was only so-so.
>>47080568
Ok, that's fucking hot shit. *These* actually look like fresh new icons.
>>47080456
>>47080509
>>47081141
fixed it btw
I like them. Reminds me a bit of Beos.
Maybe I'm crazy but isn't the font rendering different?
Does windows 10 have classic theme available?
>>47080245
nobody gives a shit about you and your retarded needs.
fuck off
>>47079293
they face away from you,
>>47079243
>isometric icons
fucking why? just make them a straight on view.
>>47081408
classic theme is ded m8
>>47081484
no.
y .
;_;
They'll have to fix tablet mode. The ability to use the desktop on Windows 8.1 was one of the biggest strength of Windows tablets. Windows 10 is currently unusable.
>>47080710
But, they actually look nice
>>47080783
>- Huge toolbar utter waste of space.
It's collapsible.
Check things before complaining about them.
better but still shit
>>47080710
can you make more?
So whoever is using 10 right now, how's performance in comparison to 8.1?
I've been having issues with 8.1 so I'm either going down with 7 or up with 10.
>>47080143
these looks really nice, and I'm not even a mac fan.
>>47080710
Why didn't anyone think of making icons like this?
They're awful easy to do.
>>47080710
>yfw those are actually nice
>>47080710
make a theme and post it here!!!
>>47080090
i have that case (antec p183 or something like this). ask me anything.
>>47079843
Yes. Yes you were.
>>47083548
cut or uncut?
>>47080710
oh you so funny.
>>47080568
This is pretty good.
>>47080255
It's called the Rubbish Bin mate.