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wraggster
February 18th, 2012, 23:11
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Microsoft is making plenty of big changes with its Windows 8 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows8) operating system, and that has now also extended to a new logo. As explained by Microsoft's Sam Moreau in a post on the official Windows blog, the logo was created with the help of the design agency Pentagram, which posed a simple question when it began on the project: "your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?" That discussion eventually led to the four-paned window you see above, which not only looks more like a window than the previous logos, but clearly echoes the company's new Metro (http://www.engadget.com/tag/metro) design language. Microsoft also notes that the logo is "authentically digital," and says it will welcome you with a slight tilt and change color based on your desktop. You can see a bigger version after the break, and read the full story of its creation (along with a look back at past logos) at the source link below.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/17/microsoft-reveals-windows-8s-new-logo-it-s-a-window-not-a-fl/

Shrygue
February 19th, 2012, 23:51
Pff, the new logo is fail. Also, it's still a flag, just straight and angular with only blue for a colour. Windows XP is still the B.E.S.T!

Martin
February 22nd, 2012, 12:42
Yeah that looks like garbage :P And you know they've spent millions making it :D