Redesigning the Windows Logo

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5 min attempt, better?
 
Paula asked us a simple question, “your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?”
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Because the windows are doing this and taking you somewhere, ffs. :rolleyes:

Why is the logo now a fucking door? :confused:

What is it with Microsoft and uptight marketing?
 
The worse part is not how bad it is, but the fact that they actually outsourced it. So out of their millions of employees, not a single one was able to make, THAT?!

I could do that in Paint in a matter of minutes.
 
Red Squirrel said:
The worse part is not how bad it is, but the fact that they actually outsourced it. So out of their millions of employees, not a single one was able to make, THAT?!

I could do that in Paint in a matter of minutes.
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You could do it better.

I'm in awe of how horrible this logo is. God I so badly want to punch Paula in the taint right now.
 
wonderfield said:
Silly Microsoft. They already have a good Windows logo: the one they use for their mythical Microsoft Stores (which don't really exist anywhere).

Take Microsoft Store logo; add "Windows 8" logotype. Done.
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what do you mean they don't actually exist? There is only a few of them but they are just as real as apple stores.
 
so... my keyboard is going to be out of date. do i need to buy a new keyboard that will have the new logo on it?
 
To sum up based on Steve's comment in the above Mac post.... Why even bother with Windows 8
 
darkjedi said:
Why even bother with Windows 8
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Here are the things that I think are all but certain reasons why, they will prove to be true or false in 11 days:

1. Windows will be faster, overall performance, booting, sleeping, hibernation than Windows 7 on equivalent hardware.

2. It will be more power efficient on battery devices.

3. It will be better for touch screen devices, the fastest growing segment of computing devices.

4. Metro apps. There will be probably at least 10,000 at Windows 8 RTM launch and some of them will be compelling on both touch screen and keyboard and mouse machines.

For all of the hate of this or that with Windows 8, it is the most complex and complete OS ever created. There's nothing that computers do today, be they desktops, laptops, tablets and even phones to some extent that it doesn't support, at least on x86 machines. And even on ARM, there's still a limited desktop.

There's just so much in Windows 8. If it fails, we will never again see anything as grand and our future will be in completely limited and low power devices. If Windows 8 fails, the desktop will simply fade into the past, relegated to the role of large businesses. For those that think that Microsoft is killing the desktop, in a way it's trying to keep it alive by rolling it into a tablet. For now the desktop is in decline, even on the Mac, Apple sells FAR more iOS devices than Macs.

If Windows 8 fails, the days of desktop computers is quite limited.
 
A product logo is important, as people do remember them and can easily identify them when they sees it, assuming its a unique design of course.

And current Windows logo is effective enough IMO. Most people who have used Windows can easily identify it. For example, if you notice that logo on a software's box, you can immediately tell that this software works on Windows Platform. (Same goes with Apple's logo)

So I have to wonder why change something that people can already recognize. Why fix something that isn't broken.
 
Hornet said:
Why fix something that isn't broken.
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Because in a way it is broken, at least from Microsoft's perspective. Again, for folks that think the desktop is great and Windows 7 is cool, it really isn't on the consumer side. At least it won't be for long. The iPad and tablets are damn near about to kill Windows on the consumer side. I know that many of you think that sounds crazy but with all of the bitching and moaning about Metro from folks do you think Microsoft is full steam ahead with Metro in Windows 8.

Microsoft would have NEVER made this radical of a change to Windows if it didn't see the writing on the wall, and quite honestly and fortunately it saw the writing on the wall long before the iPad was released. Remember the general commercial failure of the Tablet PC. Windows had really never failed before, not in an area where Microsoft decided to go with it before the Tablet PC. Microsoft was even able to Windows head to head with Unix and go ok.

The future for now is tablets on the consumer side. Microsoft knew this years ago, put out the Tablet PC which to this day has some incredible capabilities when it comes to digital inking but it failed in the general consumer space. Partly because of being tied to x86 but more so because Windows is a desktop OS. And as I've said many times, Windows isn't the problem with touch on Windows, its the programs. Microsoft needed a new generation of programs that were designed from the ground up for touch.

So yes, there was plenty of trouble brewing for Windows. Either Windows 8 will fix those issues or Windows will become irrelevant to consumers.
 
wonderfield said:
Silly Microsoft. They already have a good Windows logo: the one they use for their mythical Microsoft Stores (which don't really exist anywhere).

Take Microsoft Store logo; add "Windows 8" logotype. Done.
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I agree that would be a much better idea. ( I also like this one: Post #45) But forget the logo as long as the OS is good thats all that truly matters.
 
batteriesnotincluded said:
Call me crazy, but that video makes me far more tolerant of the new logo.


I think my problem is the blue on white background. The animation's gray on white looks much better, to me.
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I completely agree, but the logo in the video is completely different than the original blue on white static image shown in the first post.

aweful:
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better:
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and they are both designed by Pentagram. :\
 
Son of a bitch! Posting using the mobile page sucks donkey nuts! Anyway, i was saying that i like metro for a tablet or phone, but not on a desktop or laptop. The logo still looks like ass either way.
 
For a second there I thought that the new Windows 8 was an April fools joke, the joke was on me when I found out it wasn't April 1.
 
Welcome to the dominate mobile world. Hopefully 2012 will be the end of the world afterall
 
My biggest grippe with the concept of windows 8 though is the fact that MS will be controlling what apps can go on it, much like Apple does. That means most of the open source software I use probably wont work. I'll be sticking to xp/7 or just move on to Linux if they really do that. In fact most companies will have no choice but to stay with xp/7 as there's lot of proprietary apps out there. I don't really know how they can limit that though, like what stops someone from compiling something? Will they have a system where executables will need to have some kind of hash key or they wont run?
 
Red Squirrel said:
My biggest grippe with the concept of windows 8 though is the fact that MS will be controlling what apps can go on it, much like Apple does. That means most of the open source software I use probably wont work. I'll be sticking to xp/7 or just move on to Linux if they really do that. In fact most companies will have no choice but to stay with xp/7 as there's lot of proprietary apps out there. I don't really know how they can limit that though, like what stops someone from compiling something? Will they have a system where executables will need to have some kind of hash key or they wont run?
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Huh? Windows 8 x86 will continue to run the desktop in full. There's no reason why open source apps can't be submitted to the app store. Businesses will be able to load their own apps as well as developers on x86
 
heatlesssun said:
Here are the things that I think are all but certain reasons why, they will prove to be true or false in 11 days:

1. Windows will be faster, overall performance, booting, sleeping, hibernation than Windows 7 on equivalent hardware.

2. It will be more power efficient on battery devices.

3. It will be better for touch screen devices, the fastest growing segment of computing devices.

4. Metro apps. There will be probably at least 10,000 at Windows 8 RTM launch and some of them will be compelling on both touch screen and keyboard and mouse machines.

For all of the hate of this or that with Windows 8, it is the most complex and complete OS ever created. There's nothing that computers do today, be they desktops, laptops, tablets and even phones to some extent that it doesn't support, at least on x86 machines. And even on ARM, there's still a limited desktop.

There's just so much in Windows 8. If it fails, we will never again see anything as grand and our future will be in completely limited and low power devices. If Windows 8 fails, the desktop will simply fade into the past, relegated to the role of large businesses. For those that think that Microsoft is killing the desktop, in a way it's trying to keep it alive by rolling it into a tablet. For now the desktop is in decline, even on the Mac, Apple sells FAR more iOS devices than Macs.

If Windows 8 fails, the days of desktop computers is quite limited.
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heatlesssun said:
Because in a way it is broken, at least from Microsoft's perspective. Again, for folks that think the desktop is great and Windows 7 is cool, it really isn't on the consumer side. At least it won't be for long. The iPad and tablets are damn near about to kill Windows on the consumer side. I know that many of you think that sounds crazy but with all of the bitching and moaning about Metro from folks do you think Microsoft is full steam ahead with Metro in Windows 8.

Microsoft would have NEVER made this radical of a change to Windows if it didn't see the writing on the wall, and quite honestly and fortunately it saw the writing on the wall long before the iPad was released. Remember the general commercial failure of the Tablet PC. Windows had really never failed before, not in an area where Microsoft decided to go with it before the Tablet PC. Microsoft was even able to Windows head to head with Unix and go ok.

The future for now is tablets on the consumer side. Microsoft knew this years ago, put out the Tablet PC which to this day has some incredible capabilities when it comes to digital inking but it failed in the general consumer space. Partly because of being tied to x86 but more so because Windows is a desktop OS. And as I've said many times, Windows isn't the problem with touch on Windows, its the programs. Microsoft needed a new generation of programs that were designed from the ground up for touch.

So yes, there was plenty of trouble brewing for Windows. Either Windows 8 will fix those issues or Windows will become irrelevant to consumers.
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Sorry, I have an extremely difficult time buying any of this. There is no writing on the wall for the desktop PC, Tablets do not replace it in any way. Nor are they likely too anytime in the near future. The "ONLY" market that tablets directly threaten are laptops. As such there is no need to effectively destroy the desktop experience by trying to shove a shitty phone os port on it. Just like Laptops didn't kill the desktop, tablets won't kill it. They do not and will never compete in the same space. Laptops and tablets are about portability, desktops are about power, versatility and content creation. While Laptops may continue on in a limited scope for those that need content creation in a mobile package, this is the only market threatened by tablets.

There has yet to be any proven reason why there is a need to shove a mobile experience on to a desktop. There is utterly no logical reason to try and combine the OS into a one size fits all. One size fits all software "NEVER" works.
 
heatlesssun said:
Huh? Windows 8 x86 will continue to run the desktop in full. There's no reason why open source apps can't be submitted to the app store. Businesses will be able to load their own apps as well as developers on x86
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Yeah but they have to be approved I'm sure. Do you think MS will actually approve things like Open Office or other alternatives to big commercial apps that MS probably has shares in?

Or will it really be free for all? If that's the case then it's not that bad I suppose. As long as MS is not charging for apps that the original devs intended to be free. Either way, I'm sure china will have the whole thing cracked a week after it's been released and people will be able to load their own apps without going through the app store.
 
I like the Windows 90s logo the best (growing up with dat shiznit), and the Windows 7/Vista logo. I'm ashamed to say that I don't remember the Windows 1.0 logo, or perhaps I had never seen it before, but I like that one as well. Sadly I started using Windows with ver. 3.1, I never had the joy of using Windows 1.0, although I am sure my dad did. But we mainly just stuck with DOS until 3.1.

Anyways, not feelin' the Windows 8 logo. And they did get hella ripped off, paying a design firm to come up with that idea. I'm sure the janitor who cleans the 3rd floor of the main Microsoft building could have whipped up that design in a minute.
 
Red Squirrel said:
My biggest grippe with the concept of windows 8 though is the fact that MS will be controlling what apps can go on it, much like Apple does.
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You can run whatever you want in OS X. There's nothing stopping you. There's nothing stopping you from running whatever you want in Windows 8, either, unless it's a Metro app. Then you have no choice but to use what Microsoft will allow you to use.
 
wonderfield said:
You can run whatever you want in OS X. There's nothing stopping you. There's nothing stopping you from running whatever you want in Windows 8, either, unless it's a Metro app. Then you have no choice but to use what Microsoft will allow you to use.
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Oh so will Metro apps be separate from the rest of the OS? That sounds a bit better...
 
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