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Windows Vista: The choose your own adventure UI
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Some of you may, and some of you may not, (so that’s everybody) know Windows Vista has 4 
tiers of user interface experience, from the best to worst: [tag]Aero Glass[/tag], [tag]Vista Standard[/tag], [tag]Vista Basic[/tag] and [tag]Windows Classic[/tag]. So why so many? Who knows, graphics designers unemployment at an all time low in Redmond? But regardless of whether you like it or not, these are the choices that will be shipping with Vista so let’s understand it while we can.
I have taken the liberty (because no one else is as bored as I am) of taking 28 screenshots to compare the 4 different interfaces. These were taken on the same applications and layouts to give you a feel of the exact changes it makes to an user experience. The default screenshot is always the Aero Glass interface, and hover over the buttons to reveal the selected interface. Click the button to reveal a full-screen version of the screenshot. Windows Vista: The “choose your own adventure” UI at istartedsomething
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