{"id":38050,"date":"2023-01-03T16:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=38050"},"modified":"2023-01-04T07:49:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:49:07","slug":"layers-of-ui-inconsistencies-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/03\/layers-of-ui-inconsistencies-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Layers of UI Inconsistencies in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ntdotdev.wordpress.com\/2023\/01\/01\/state-of-the-windows-how-many-layers-of-ui-inconsistencies-are-in-windows-11\/\">NTDEV<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=34216619\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/ntdotdev.wordpress.com\/2023\/01\/01\/state-of-the-windows-how-many-layers-of-ui-inconsistencies-are-in-windows-11\/\"><p>Windows 11 brought in a new design language, putting an emphasis on rounded corners and gradients and a new transparent background called Mica, which aims to replace the old Acrylic design.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we still have plenty of Windows 8 elements throughout the OS, like the Autorun prompt or the error that appears when one runs an incompatible program.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The Remote Desktop Connection program is still exactly the same as it was 14 years ago, complete with Aero icons and skeuomorphic common controls.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Just like with Windows 10, the driver copy screen hasn&rsquo;t been updated, so it still has the Windows XP icons.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>And last, but certainly not least, in the ODBC Data Sources utility there is a Windows 3.1-styled folder selection window!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Is there a similar article for macOS or iOS?<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/08\/system-settings\/\">System Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/28\/design-evolution-of-the-windows-control-panel\/\">Design Evolution of the Windows Control Panel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/01\/macos-12-monterey-and-user-interface-inconsistencies\/\">macOS 12 Monterey and User Interface Inconsistencies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTDEV (via Hacker News): Windows 11 brought in a new design language, putting an emphasis on rounded corners and gradients and a new transparent background called Mica, which aims to replace the old Acrylic design. [&#8230;] Unfortunately, we still have plenty of Windows 8 elements throughout the OS, like the Autorun prompt or the error [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-01-03T21:43:58Z","apple_news_api_id":"fa119556-5921-464e-b38a-fd08811613a8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-01-04T12:49:10Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A-hGVVlkhRk6ziv0IgRYTqA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[77,219,2099],"class_list":["post-38050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-design","tag-windows","tag-windows-11"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38055,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38050\/revisions\/38055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}