Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Aug 2009 10:26 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Technologizer has an interesting article about why Windows Vista failed, and it provides 16 reasons why this is the case. A few of those reasons reveal a certain lack of understanding, but a more pressing issue is that while listing these reasons individually is interesting, Vista's failure in the marketplace can be explained in a much more compact fashion.
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There's one big problem with Aero, whether regarded as a theme or a window manager:
The "Windows Classic" skin is still using the old technique!
So everyone who doesn't want to have all that transparent / color gradient / glossy stuff is forced to use the old window manager, "with all its GDI jerkiness". Why, god why?
Why can't they include a "Windows Classic" THEME that runs on top of the new stuff, instead of having two window managers included in ONE operating system?
Also, the new GUI is completely broken. There are checkboxes which behave like radio buttons, there are buttons with different heights, there are context menus with beveled borders and some with flat borders, there are buttons that keep being raised, even when you click on them...
So, in the end, the only thing left that might be enjoyed by some users, is the translucency...