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Published: 2013-08-24 08:55:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 14574; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 307
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I would be very grateful if one or the other could give a feedback. If you like my concept, share it
Thanks in advance 
Niklas Lv
You can see another Windows 9 concept here: nik255.deviantart.com/art/Wind…
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Hi
How did you know the wallpaper on the new windows was going to look like a year before? Or you just updated it?
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exactly what windows 8 should have been. the black stroke on the windows kills it tho. would be better off with white or a lighter shade of blue
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that would be some top theme for 8.1 great style mate
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No, it isn’t real. It’s only a concept
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Seriously, ya don't need boxes around close/maximise/minimise or around the top bar, because Windows should be about minimalism.
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Now that there is a minimize button i have to say i love the concept! I wonder what you would call a window that is not maximized or minimized... maybe middlemized lol. If you have WindowBlinds,SkinStudio, and IconPackager you could probably bring the theme to life.
WindowBlinds (Skin Studio Included) < www.stardock.com/products/wind… >
IconPackager < www.stardock.com/products/icon… >
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Hello there, this is a really nice concept 
Some feedback:
Personally I think everything should be slightly bigger as Microsoft is trying to make a hybrid OS for both touchscreens and mouse & keyboard. It seems that you did the opposite and made the border around the Windows even smaller than they currently are in Windows 8 which makes it really hard to use with touch.
I'm also a bit confused why there is no minimize button?
But overall I love it, I like what you did with the taskbar, adding search directly in the taskbar and being able to run multiple desktops and switch between them right from the taskbar as well
I'm looking forward for your next update (if you're gonna make one). I would love to see your version a Start Screen or Menu
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Thank you for your detailed feedback
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How do you minimize the windows with no minimize button?
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There was no option to minimize the windows in the earlier version, because I forgot the other buttons. Therefore I revised the version 
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You updated this. It looks even better.
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The concept is great but the aero lite window style actually ruins it
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Sweet concept. I will shit myself if Microsoft does a similar design to this XD
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yep, really nice taskbar^^ ... at least I'll create an Orb exactly as tis one
Some Feedback:
* the buttonframes (min-max-close) are too thick/dark, they should match the divider between titlebar and buttonbar.
* the 'close' button is too dark red. it could also have no border at all (and be just a little bigger)
* the 'forward/backward' buttons are too strong, not matching anything else in the explorer window; and an 'up' (one folder up) button is missing.
Maybe some small native shadow for windows would be nice, as "link6155 " already said before (simple alpha PNGs instead of complex rendering) - this one is for Microsoft
A much nicer Explorer.exe icon is 'Metro Vanilla v.3' here: blaze-sama.deviantart.com/art/…
The 'search' aside the startbutton should do or open What?
The description 'Programs' on the taskbar would only be usefull, if there are other categories to choose from, like 'weblinks', 'documents' and 'places'.
! the idea of combining the address- and search-bar in Explorer is EXCELLENT ! (Firefox had this already 500 years ago^^ - shame on Microsoft!)
! the idea of an included desktop-switcher is also EXCELLENT, and your design is really noble! (most of the other parallel-desktop-apps have a thumbnail of the desktop, or a cutout of the active window, or blocky numbers ... all ugly!!!)
! finally the are folder-tabs like QTTab!! and to integrate them like this is super! Also a 'New Tab' button (starting in a configurable location) is a cool idea!
! the idea of popovers on drives and folders is very good - but where to place them? Your 'Drive Tools' tab is a little lost: somehow wrong place and all alone! Maybe a full-width popover with more categories... and not so dark
And what would the startmenu look like? The 'Pokki' startmenu for Win 8 looks super and has a lot of features (www.pokki.com/de/windows-8-sta… . (but I uninstalledit after 5 minutes because it has minimum 4! active processes running and requires minimum 100MB RAM^^).
An interseting idea would be to work on the clock and trayicons... maybe a field appearing on hover, displaying time, calendar, pc-status, poweroptions and of course the icons. Maybe as transparent as the taskbar, or just just a sleek opaque box with a minimal frame.
ehmmm.... the clock is ugly^^ looks to blocky and industrial, maybe matching the titlebars but not the noble taskbar.
So, this is it.
Greetings, Chris
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Thank you for your detailed feedback
“And what would the startmenu look like?” For quite some time I think that the 'Pokki' start menu is well-designed and it’s definitively a good inspiration. I have no start menu concept at the moment, but I’ll create it in the next days/weeks. I’ll publish my concept here on my deviantart page
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Is there a way to download every single icon? (From Libraries to HDDs) Thanks!
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Currently there is no possibility to download them. I try to provide them in the near future
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OOOOH, what a shame. 
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This is amazing ! Windows would have been great if it were like this.
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There's a lot of wasted space between the navigation buttons and the address bar as well as the address bar and the help button. I don't like the Aero lite/outline caption button style, they don't quite match with the solid color style of other things in the concept. Last, there should be a small amount of drop shadow on the windows to improve contrast between the order of the windows on the screen.
Overall it's a good start for a concept, but there's a few things that could be tweak.
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could you explain what "magnifier" and "programs" do? are those buttons or input field?
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These are menu bars where drop down menus are displayed. The drop down menu “programs” shows a program list and the magnifier opens a menu with a search bar as ~DeathShot39 supposed
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I think that's a searchbar.
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Absolutely stunning! This is how Windows 8 should have been done!!!!
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This would be the ultimate windows. Let's hope MS works on it to make it more like this.
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Overall it's not bad, but I am reeaaallly not enjoying the rounded corners. The asymmetry of the taskbar toolbars is also a bit irritating. Otherwise, the taskbar is relatively pleasing to look at.
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I don't think anybody wants the start screen. I say keep it on the desktop.
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actually i like the start screen... but i dont like the transition between the desktop and the start screen, so thats why im asking for his deviation of the start screen
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Well, I too like the idea of the start screen, and if you want to see a cool little thing, I can show you my concept.
It's basically the desktop with some changes:
No icons on the actual desktop, only in the task bar.
Start screen in the middle of the actual desktop.
Bring back contextual menus.
Bring back start menu (but a little bit different)
Use W7 internal clock, the W8 one is different based upon Processor speed so benchmarks don't work on W8 internal clock.
32bit, 64bit, 128bit support.
etc...
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I must say I'm amazed. You managed to merge both classic Windows Explorer and new Modern interfaces into one clean and functional GUI. I think it can be seen best in the Taskbar, which utilizes the almost legendary Start button, characteristic for Modern icons and some improvements, like the desktop switch. Well done.
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it is a very nice concept, though one needle in my eye is the cable like icon in the system tray.
Why would microsoft take all small icons and one icons that's huge..
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Yep, you’re right. I've updated the version
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nice job, maybe als update s"Ms drive" to skydrive? not sure wether you want to go that direction, but I actually like what youve done with the whole concept..
I do wonder, now you did some small astethic changes but, I am wondering if some bigger changes should be done..
differnt theme, other background, different skin, I don't know,m not very good with photoshop..
But a really big change might be imminent
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I didn’t use “SkyDrive” because of this fact www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/457…
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Ahh sorry im not up to date it appaers
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