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Does anyone else find Windows 10 to be just plain ugly?

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ninaholic37 said:
Does Windows 10 have High Contrast Mode (LShift-Alt-PrntScrn)? Would be interesting to see a screenshot of that. Here's how it looks in Windows 7:

high-contrast-example.jpg


Even in High Contrast Mode, the borders still exist so it doesn't look sloppy.
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Here ya go:

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I'll admit the settings panel sucks, but I just go to control panel instead.

The rest of the UI is crisp and simple. I straight up disagree that going to Win 7 will make you miss it. I use Win 7 every day at work and ever since upgrading I feel like it tries too hard.

winxdesktop.jpg~original
 
Puffnstuff said:
I like the thin edge borders in 10 along with the color schemes. What I don't like is the new windows update that will not tell you what it has done like the install history in 8.1. I also don't like the forced updates that they make you take. I have a feeling that it's a part of their making your pc part of their distribution cloud. If they can roll them out across the country then your pc will be able to send data packets to the next near pc that needs them speeding up software distribution without placing too much additional load on the MS server farms.
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Except you can turn that off.
 
Puffnstuff said:
I like the thin edge borders in 10 along with the color schemes. What I don't like is the new windows update that will not tell you what it has done like the install history in 8.1. I also don't like the forced updates that they make you take. I have a feeling that it's a part of their making your pc part of their distribution cloud. If they can roll them out across the country then your pc will be able to send data packets to the next near pc that needs them speeding up software distribution without placing too much additional load on the MS server farms.
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Windows 10 will let you view and uninstall updates through Programs and Features, just as Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 did.

I personally like the idea of having to download updates once and having them available for all computers on my network. I don't see the problem /shrug.
 
Puffnstuff said:
What I don't like is the new windows update that will not tell you what it has done like the install history in 8.1.
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Good lord...it's not that hard.

Settings -> Update and Security -> Windows Update ->
Advanced Options -> View Your Update History

Too many people complaining about things that they think aren't there in W10 that actually are...folks really need to delve deeper into the OS before complaining.
 
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Fardringle said:
It looks a lot like the X-Windows graphical UI I used on Unix sparc machines back in the mid 90's. It works, but it is definitely ugly compared to other available options.
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Thank you, that was what I was trying to remember. X Windows was so bare bones and primitive since most Unix users used the command line back then (well, except for that girl in "Jurassic Park" 😀)
 
If you followed the progress of Windows 10 during the Tech Preview you'll see that they *did* put time into the aesthetics. This is the look that they picked. It's about emphasizing "content" over "chrome."
 
owensdj said:
If you followed the progress of Windows 10 during the Tech Preview you'll see that they *did* put time into the aesthetics. This is the look that they picked. It's about emphasizing "content" over "chrome."
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What do you mean by they are focusing on "content"? Like putting ads in Solitaire and having to pay $10 for an ad-free version type content?
 
Hugh Jass said:
What?



I can see and verify my updates before they are installed.
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Not unless you manually check for updates every day. Window 10 will install stuff when you aren't using your PC without your consent and only ask you to restart(if you set that option).
 
When i update, i will just change the settings to my liking. And what i do not like, i will just adapt to it. But i know i will not get the happy :awe: feeling when my windows 7 os first started up at home.
 
It's wierd that sometimes a window will be a "modern" window and sometimes it will be a "classic" one when you are changing settings.
 
I have not played with it yet but if it's like windows 8 I agree. The interface actually reminds me of those scammy A/V programs, it just has that "look". My favourite interface is still windows 2000 era, it was plain but actually looked decent. XP and 7 I always set to classic mode and am happy with that as well. The 8 theme is just too flat, it's actually hard to make out the end of a window element from another, if that makes sense. It's really not pleasant to the eyes.
 
The white standard title bars and so on is just plain horrible as well as the other parts raised.

Aero style GUI could just be an option. Instead we got pretty much nothing.

And for those talking about VRAM usage, you may be surprised that the Windows 10 GUI actually uses more than Windows 7. About 200MB more. The taskbar for example is actually slightly transparent.

I got a 532MB usage here. Normally around 300-350MB in Windows 7.
 
ShintaiDK said:
The white standard title bars and so on is just plain horrible as well as the other parts raised.

Aero style GUI could just be an option. Instead we got pretty much nothing.
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This is the biggest eye sore in the new OS, I quite like the minimalist design of most areas but those giant white titles bars need something changing. Aero would be nice just to tone it down with some transparency
 
rumpleforeskin said:
This is the biggest eye sore in the new OS, I quite like the minimalist design of most areas but those giant white titles bars need something changing. Aero would be nice just to tone it down with some transparency
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I just clicked on some link that shows how to reduce the size of the title bars.
But i forgot where i got it from but i got the page still open : 🙂

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-reduce-title-bar-height-and-size-of-window-buttons-in-windows-10/
 
ShintaiDK said:
The white standard title bars and so on is just plain horrible as well as the other parts raised.

Aero style GUI could just be an option. Instead we got pretty much nothing.

And for those talking about VRAM usage, you may be surprised that the Windows 10 GUI actually uses more than Windows 7. About 200MB more. The taskbar for example is actually slightly transparent.

I got a 532MB usage here. Normally around 300-350MB in Windows 7.
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Where are you seeing the GUI memory usage? The largest memory hog right now is Firefox for me at something like 425MB.
 
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