One of the biggest news for Windows 8 is the presence of the Metro UI, a clean interface with easy to read fonts, design with solid color and monochrome icons. Microsoft uses the same concept in Windows Phone and Xbox 360, but still works to take the interface into other products. Newly emerging images indicate that the Windows Live services will receive an update on the look soon.
The reader Tecnoblog Felipe Zorzo noticed changes in the interface of a few pages of Windows Live services during the Easter holiday weekend. One of the screens provides a visual record sources slightly larger than those currently in use and more widely spaced fields.
By clicking (or touching) the arrow that appears at the top left of the page, a list of the main services of Live Live appears in the form of Tiles, dynamic blocks used in the immersive interface of Windows 8. Note that the translation is still incomplete, while the page is in English, the name of the service appears in Portuguese.
The page seems to be in their early stages of development. The services are listed on a menu that appears after clicking a tiny arrow that can go unnoticed by end users and also has usability problems - let's say you double-click just to switch between email and SkyDrive is unnecessary. The service icon in use, therefore, should appear just below the arrow to indicate that there is something there.
The changes indicate that Microsoft is redesigning the layout of their services in order to facilitate use by users of PCs with touch screen. Makes sense, since Windows 8 is the first Microsoft operating system designed for tablets thought. The look was also very tired, the services of Live received no major changes in the interface for years.
A commercial Internet Explorer 9 published a month ago on the official blog of the browser shows the page with a layout of SkyDrive quite different from today, including the black bar at the top, similar to the images mentioned above. Therefore, it is likely that the new look to appear in the coming months for all users.
The reader Tecnoblog Felipe Zorzo noticed changes in the interface of a few pages of Windows Live services during the Easter holiday weekend. One of the screens provides a visual record sources slightly larger than those currently in use and more widely spaced fields.
By clicking (or touching) the arrow that appears at the top left of the page, a list of the main services of Live Live appears in the form of Tiles, dynamic blocks used in the immersive interface of Windows 8. Note that the translation is still incomplete, while the page is in English, the name of the service appears in Portuguese.
The page seems to be in their early stages of development. The services are listed on a menu that appears after clicking a tiny arrow that can go unnoticed by end users and also has usability problems - let's say you double-click just to switch between email and SkyDrive is unnecessary. The service icon in use, therefore, should appear just below the arrow to indicate that there is something there.
The changes indicate that Microsoft is redesigning the layout of their services in order to facilitate use by users of PCs with touch screen. Makes sense, since Windows 8 is the first Microsoft operating system designed for tablets thought. The look was also very tired, the services of Live received no major changes in the interface for years.
A commercial Internet Explorer 9 published a month ago on the official blog of the browser shows the page with a layout of SkyDrive quite different from today, including the black bar at the top, similar to the images mentioned above. Therefore, it is likely that the new look to appear in the coming months for all users.
