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A Brief History of Design: How I came to appreciate Microsoft’s design roots

#aesthetic #culture #design #design_history #digital_preservation #microsoft #technology_history | <blockquote>It is easy to question everything designed before you when you join a new company. I mean, why the heck would a scroll bar be red in Windows 2.0 … what could they have possibly been thinking?! But while it may be fun and easy to criticize the past, it is crucial to ask the question “why?” To realize that those who came before were pretty damn cutting-edge, and that each design decision carries the baggage of late nights, pulled hair, teamwork, innovation, and expertise.</blockquote>

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Mechanomorphs and the politeness of machines — Medium

#bots #boudaries #conversational_ui #design #microsoft #tay #twitter | <blockquote>Rather than humanoid bots, we should design mechanomorphs: bots that can create a different set of expectations around how we converse with them. If we make bots more machine-like, our conversations with them can have new boundaries, creating a new space less fraught with pre-existing social norms.</blockquote>

9 years ago | View Shared by victor

Inclusive - Microsoft Design

#accessibility #design #experience #microsoft #process #resolution #usability

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8 traits of great Metro style apps | BUILD2011 | Channel 9

#design #interface #ixd #metro #microsoft #mobile #ui #video #windows

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