how to make windows 10 look like windows vista with blue start orb

They altered colors, reflections, etc from our original designs to fit their needs and inconsistencies crept in. The darker blue of My Computer was added by Microsoft after they took over production of the final suite from the core concepts. Also, another person made a comment about the two different blues being used (one on the laptop and one on My Computer). Since I know better, they have always seemed “off” as it were. I’ve personally never been comfortable with the icon suite facing to the left. We were told this happened because the start bar or what ever it’s called in Longhorn swapped sides and so the icons had to face the opposite way. It wasn’t until near the very end of our portion of the project did Microsoft decide to flip them and face them left. How can I say that with assuredness? I can say that because from the very beginning, we designed the suite to face to the right. The short answer to your question is, yes, the final icons in Vista are facing the “wrong” way in my opinion. FYI: Mac OSX icons face directly at you – probably the best solution. For some unknown reason, Microsoft designers decided to flip them. If this isn’t weird enough, the Windows XP’s icons and even conceptual Vista icons designed by Iconfactory faced the right (pun) way.

This actually conflicts with the official user experience guidelines suggesting the perspective of icons face left. The only icon in Vista off the top of my head which does this correctly are the “folders” icon which open up towards the right. Assuming the user sits in the middle of the monitor, the icons should in fact face right towards you and not the edge of the monitor. The problem is, by default, Windows displays icons from left to right. But has it ever occurred to you it’s facing the wrong direction – away from you? At least one guy did, and this is just one of the minor details under scrutiny at the Windows UX Taskforce that is particularly fascinating, to me at least.

Some of you might have even clicked on it and few of you probably have a shortcut on your desktop. No doubts you’ve all seen the “Computer” icon in Windows Vista. I know what you’re thinking, “has it really come down to this”.

How to make windows 10 look like windows vista with blue start orb