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The "Microsoft Windows" Logo Evolves From "Microsoft Waving Flag" To "Microsoft Tiles" →

Sam Moreau talks about the redesign of the Windows logo on the Windows Blog:

We have evolved from a world of rudimentary low resolution graphics to today’s rich high-resolution systems. And what started as a simple “window” to compliment the product name became a flying or waving flag.

It’s true that the Windows logo has long looked like a waving flag, which makes absolutely no sense. And the new logo is better. But it brings up a bigger question: why is it still called “Windows” at all?

Yes, the desktop variety will still have windows. But the mobile/tablet variety is geared towards the “tile”-style of Metro. In fact, as Moreau points out, Metro heavily influenced the new logo design.

To recap: a tile-based UI influenced the new design of the Windows logo, which previous looks less like a window and more like a waving flag.

Okay. I’m just waiting for Microsoft Windows: Tile Edition XP 2013 Pro.

It’s interesting that while taking a step forward with full screen apps on windows 8, we’re actually going back to the way we did things before the ‘windowed’ interface we use today.

Posted February 20, 2012 at 10:03am || home