Friday, February 03, 2006

Whats Cookin', Good Lookin'?

User eXperience, it seems, is everywhere. Even before the release of Windows Vista, apps have already started to look and feel a lot like those Windows Vista. Firstly, MSN Messenger 8.0 Beta gives a feel of the Vista Search capabilities/experience by short-listing entries in a list as the use types in the search-box. Yahoo also seems to have jumped on the UX bandwagon. Yahoo widgets have a glass-style user experience similar to that of Vista. Here's a screenshot of both apps I just mentioned, captured off my desktop.

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Windows Live MessengerYahoo Widgets

1 comments:

john.iacovelli said...

Good timing... you may wish to take a look at Vista Transformation Pack, which has just come out. It's actually very attractive. I did a short writeup with a couple of screenshots and a link to the download.