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0 pointsTheOtherHobbes1y ago0 comments

The point is it's poorly done by the standard you'd expect from top level no-expense-spared commercial graphic design. And that reflects poorly on the company and the product.

The Win XP field was the opposite. It was organic, calming, and oddly fascinating because you couldn't tell if it was a plain photo or an edit or... what. And it had an unexpected reference to the Windows branding in the composition.

Win 10 was more like meaningless window-shaped visual noise.

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sph1y ago

Again, it does not matter, and it is entirely subjective, if art is poorly done or not. It does not matter if it doesn't calm you. It does not matter if it reflects poorly on Microsoft. Why do you care so much?

Like it or not, art exists in a vacuum. It does not need to justify its existence. That's the very definition of art.

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0 pointsTheOtherHobbes1y ago0 comments

The point is it's poorly done by the standard you'd expect from top level no-expense-spared commercial graphic design. And that reflects poorly on the company and the product.

Win 10 was more like meaningless window-shaped visual noise.

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sph1y ago

Like it or not, art exists in a vacuum. It does not need to justify its existence. That's the very definition of art.

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