Windows Live Mail 2009 is ugly!!!

I always says that there are two teams that design GUIs at Microsoft. One has
great taste, and the other has awful taste. Unfortunately, it looks like the
second team is winning lately. Vista was a step in the right direction,
except for that ugly baby blue color in many places of the interface. But the
Vista GUI was incorporated in the previous version of Windows Live Mail
desktop. Now they switched to what unfortunately is coming to our desktops,
the Windows 7 style. WLM had a nice toolbar that you could select any color
and it would show it with this glassy or metalized look. Now you can't, no
matter what color you select even if you go into the palette, shows as an
ugly pastel color. And look at the interface in general. This is not a
program they have worked on for long, this is like a pre-alpha build!!
There's only text, barely any icons, a really ugly minimalistic look that
can't even spare me from a headache from the pastel colors. If at least I
could select a dark interface color to give my eyes a rest, but no, it's that
ugly pastel color everywhere.

Seriously, Steve Ballmer should kick these GUI people out of Microsoft and
hire ones with decent taste. I mean, come on, I'm not a designer, and I can
come up with something better than this crap!!!

Well Put...

> This is not a program they have worked on for
> long, this is like a pre-alpha build!!

Yep...

I've been saying that for months.

Who are the designers?...

An undisciplined gaggle of kids?
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"Sebastian Alvarez" <Sebastian > wrote
in message news:15476B92-D697-4FC4-AE6F-...

> I always says that there are two teams that design GUIs at Microsoft.
> One has
> great taste, and the other has awful taste. Unfortunately, it looks
> like the
> second team is winning lately. Vista was a step in the right
> direction,
> except for that ugly baby blue color in many places of the interface.
> But the
> Vista GUI was incorporated in the previous version of Windows Live
> Mail
> desktop. Now they switched to what unfortunately is coming to our
> desktops,
> the Windows 7 style. WLM had a nice toolbar that you could select any
> color
> and it would show it with this glassy or metalized look. Now you
> can't, no
> matter what color you select even if you go into the palette, shows as
> an
> ugly pastel color. And look at the interface in general. This is not a
> program they have worked on for long, this is like a pre-alpha build!!
> There's only text, barely any icons, a really ugly minimalistic look
> that
> can't even spare me from a headache from the pastel colors. If at
> least I
> could select a dark interface color to give my eyes a rest, but no,
> it's that
> ugly pastel color everywhere.
>
> Seriously, Steve Ballmer should kick these GUI people out of Microsoft
> and
> hire ones with decent taste. I mean, come on, I'm not a designer, and
> I can
> come up with something better than this crap!!!

You missed your chance to speak up at the CES show yesterday<g>...in lieu of that there is an option to send feedback and available
from the WLM Help menu.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Sebastian Alvarez" <Sebastian > wrote in message
news:15476B92-D697-4FC4-AE6F-...
> I always says that there are two teams that design GUIs at Microsoft. One has
> great taste, and the other has awful taste. Unfortunately, it looks like the
> second team is winning lately. Vista was a step in the right direction,
> except for that ugly baby blue color in many places of the interface. But the
> Vista GUI was incorporated in the previous version of Windows Live Mail
> desktop. Now they switched to what unfortunately is coming to our desktops,
> the Windows 7 style. WLM had a nice toolbar that you could select any color
> and it would show it with this glassy or metalized look. Now you can't, no
> matter what color you select even if you go into the palette, shows as an
> ugly pastel color. And look at the interface in general. This is not a
> program they have worked on for long, this is like a pre-alpha build!!
> There's only text, barely any icons, a really ugly minimalistic look that
> can't even spare me from a headache from the pastel colors. If at least I
> could select a dark interface color to give my eyes a rest, but no, it's that
> ugly pastel color everywhere.
>
> Seriously, Steve Ballmer should kick these GUI people out of Microsoft and
> hire ones with decent taste. I mean, come on, I'm not a designer, and I can
> come up with something better than this crap!!!

"...winston" wrote:

> You missed your chance to speak up at the CES show yesterday<g>...in lieu of that there is an option to send feedback and available
> from the WLM Help menu.

Oh, too bad. And yes, I saw the send feedback option, and I sent them a nice
message right before I posted my first message here.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Sebastian Alvarez" <> wrote in message
news:9390FFAA-D12D-4352-AB8A-...
> "...winston" wrote:
>
>> You missed your chance to speak up at the CES show yesterday<g>...in lieu of that there is an option to send feedback and
>> available
>> from the WLM Help menu.
>
> Oh, too bad. And yes, I saw the send feedback option, and I sent them a nice
> message right before I posted my first message here.

"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out." (Mark 9:47)

Sebastian Alvarez wrote:
> I always says that there are two teams that design GUIs at Microsoft. One
> has great taste, and the other has awful taste. Unfortunately, it looks
> like the second team is winning lately. Vista was a step in the right
> direction, except for that ugly baby blue color in many places of the
> interface. But the Vista GUI was incorporated in the previous version of
> Windows Live Mail desktop. Now they switched to what unfortunately is
> coming to our desktops, the Windows 7 style. WLM had a nice toolbar that
> you could select any color and it would show it with this glassy or
> metalized look. Now you can't, no matter what color you select even if you
> go into the palette, shows as an ugly pastel color. And look at the
> interface in general. This is not a program they have worked on for long,
> this is like a pre-alpha build!! There's only text, barely any icons, a
> really ugly minimalistic look that can't even spare me from a headache
> from
> the pastel colors. If at least I could select a dark interface color to
> give my eyes a rest, but no, it's that ugly pastel color everywhere.
>
> Seriously, Steve Ballmer should kick these GUI people out of Microsoft and
> hire ones with decent taste. I mean, come on, I'm not a designer, and I
> can
> come up with something better than this crap!!!