Microsoft has rewritten the entire Windows operating system
when it launches its newes
t version next in the line called Windows 8. If you
are developing applications with Windows Phone 7.5
and metro-style apps, you will see familiarities in Windows 8.
Windows
8 Developer Preview is available now and after installing and breaking
my new Sony Viao laptop, I learned I should have read Mamta's post Comprehensive
Resource Guide to Windows 8 Developer Preview.
If you are planning to toy around with Windows 8 Developer
Preview, you may download it here but I
highly recommend read Comprehensive
Resource Guide to Windows 8 Developer Preview blog post before you take any
decision.
Anyway, if you have already installed Windows 8 and
wondering what is Windows 8 logo all about. It looks like a Flag or box or
window? In a blog post
published by Sam Moreau, Sam has explained how Windows 8 logo is actually
supposed to be a window, not a flag.
Here is a cool Windows logos from Windows 1.0 to Windows 8.
In
his blog,
Sam writes:
The
logo is designed to keep in mind both modern and classic by echoing the
International Typographic Style (or Swiss design) that has been a great
influence on our Metro style design philosophy. It was important that the new
logo carries our Metro principle of being “Authentically Digital”. By that, we
mean it does not try to emulate faux-industrial design characteristics such as
materiality (glass, wood, plastic, etc.). It has motion – aligning with the
fast and fluid style you'll find throughout Windows 8. Our final goal was for
the new logo to be humble, yet confident. Welcoming you in with a slight tilt
in perspective and when you change your color, the logo changes to reflect you.
It is a “Personal” Computer after all.
