grayscale Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I made one as well: This one looks awesome. Minimal and elegant. I wonder where you'll put the options though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
honolulu110 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Thanks for posting other concepts. As you see, I did not go as far as you and dared to omit metrics currently used in Windows 8 Release Preview. @Jan It is a good idea to remove the upper header and to combine window buttons (close, maximize, minimize) and path, history and search in one line! But how can you move this window? @hungb.nguyen Samme issue in your layout: how can you move a windows with this layout? @Brebenel Silviu Have you more details of your concept? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungb.nguyen Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 @hungb.nguyen Samme issue in your layout: how can you move a windows with this layout? You can drag and drop blank space of the title bar or the left side bar to move the windows, if you drag and drop inside the windows, it means multi-selection Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 You can drag and drop blank space of the title bar or the left side bar to move the windows, if you drag and drop inside the windows, it means multi-selection The problem with that concept is that it defeats the purpose of focusing on the content. The left sidebar attracts attention of the user a lot more than the content itself. This is the same problem I see on honolulu110's earlier mockup where the ribbon is colored. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I liked the taskbar changes. The text in the purple bar is a bit hard to read because of lower contrast. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Adaption of Office 2013 style for File Explorer. I did not find all icons in the Office 2013 applications ? some are handmade and do not look integrated yet: Missing icons in Office: Desktop Downloads Favorites HDD Netzwork File properties File edit File history File rename WOW I love that! great work on the explorer windows. How did you extract those icons? Please i beg you share them. :DDD Is this going to be a real theme you're going to release soon? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Angry Bunny Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Even ignoring your mischaracterisation of the new Windows 8 theme, I don't see how this theme looks any better. The purple and black colour scheme is very harsh, the icons uninspired and it lacks any colour or boundaries to make it interesting. You're honestly saying that the theme here looks better than this? PS - I mean no offence or disrespect to the OP and recognise that they've put a lot of work into their concept. I just don't like it. Honestly that's a little too top-heavy for my liking. And I really wish Microsoft would fix all the icons... I don't like how the UI is metro, but the icons are still Win7. It just doesn't match. (And for all I know they may have already done this... I haven't kept up with Win 8 development as I should) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I started a post similar to this one few days ago, but didn't receive any reply,... Anyway, here is mine: I redesigned the layout in order simplify it and save space,... I know the icons aren't metro yet, but trust me, metro icons look horrible when I try to use them for this concept. Looks great without the side black bar. And the selection idea is nice too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 One of the best, so far. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 One of the best, so far. I agree as well! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yeah, Windows 8 is inconsistent as hell! I actually liked the Developer Preview when it came out. It showed a lot of promise, and I really thought they would see to all this before signing off the RTM. It's really disappointing to see that they have not. OP: A good first effort! May be you can release this as a theme for Windows 8? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeN2k Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Wish the office team helped with UI development as they seam to do it right. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595083747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungb.nguyen Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The problem with that concept is that it defeats the purpose of focusing on the content. The left sidebar attracts attention of the user a lot more than the content itself. This is the same problem I see on honolulu110's earlier mockup where the ribbon is colored. Looks great without the side black bar. And the selection idea is nice too. You see, Metro design language uses white "Segoe UI" font on a dark texture background, while Aero uses black text on a light sky blue gradient background. Microsoft didn't want to implement Metro fully to the desktop, they tried to mix it with Aero in order to help preserve maximum compatibility with existing programs (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx) but they did mess up the desktop UI instead,... It's really difficult to implement Metro design language without using dark background, the black side bar looks alike the Office 2013 start screen,... I have to admit that it attracts users' attention, but it did save space for users (by combining search-bar, navigation pane, details pane and the ribbon into one bar) Anyway, thanks for your advice. I'm now working on a second concept which drives the users' attention to the content Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595084931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0nyX Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 With all due respect, I'm with theyarecomingforyou on this one. I find the default one better than this, but nice try. I like the Zune-inspired mockup by Sputnik8 from The Verge but I don't see it happening. It's easy (relatively) to make a mockup than to actually implement it. This is just stunning Arceles, remixedcat and FiB3R 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595084955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Why are you working on a 'Metro' explorer concept that runs in the desktop and competes with the superior Explorer? Not that I don't like some of the mockups but that circle jerk is always there. More themes, less UX concepts ppl. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595085847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol51312 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Where to download! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There is no file explorer in "Modern UI" ? You need to do to the desktop to work with your files? If so, wow... Another thing incomplete in Win8... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There is no file explorer in "Modern UI" ? You need to do to the desktop to work with your files? If so, wow... Another thing incomplete in Win8... It's a change in mentality - Windows 8 doesn't want you to think about the files but about what they contain. Want to see photos? Look at them - the ones on your computer, on Facebook, on SkyDrive, they're all there. Same thing with documents, videos, contacts... When was the last time you saw a normal person open Explorer to do something else than working with their personal files? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssus Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Even ignoring your mischaracterisation of the new Windows 8 theme, I don't see how this theme looks any better. The purple and black colour scheme is very harsh, the icons uninspired and it lacks any colour or boundaries to make it interesting. You're honestly saying that the theme here looks better than this? PS - I mean no offence or disrespect to the OP and recognise that they've put a lot of work into their concept. I just don't like it. Please tell me this is not what windows 8 explorer really looks like. How did they ship windows 8 with that unfinished theme. I mean didn't Microsoft make zune? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 ^aside from the icons, what makes it unfinished? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceles Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's a change in mentality - Windows 8 doesn't want you to think about the files but about what they contain. Want to see photos? Look at them - the ones on your computer, on Facebook, on SkyDrive, they're all there. Same thing with documents, videos, contacts... When was the last time you saw a normal person open Explorer to do something else than working with their personal files? This more or less sounds like the apocalypse to me... insanelyapple 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595086993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 It's a change in mentality - Windows 8 doesn't want you to think about the files but about what they contain. Want to see photos? Look at them - the ones on your computer, on Facebook, on SkyDrive, they're all there. Same thing with documents, videos, contacts... When was the last time you saw a normal person open Explorer to do something else than working with their personal files? For file oriented people, it is quite a change to be corralled into opening the file from the app instead of vice versa via file associations. What you had once prized in your good users is now turned into a bad habit. At the same time they are expected to mentally sort their data, somehow, that isn't cloud safe or proper (privacy concerns/spiders) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595087303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Works the same way as on the iPad and sometime, it bugs me not to have a file manager.... I'm not sure I want to let the OS take care of my files for me... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595087849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Then open the Desktop and you've got Windows Explorer - it's that simple. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595087859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Opening the Desktop doesn't address the Metro (mobile) conception of apps over files Aethec. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1097383-concept-for-window-8-metro-file-explorer/page/2/#findComment-595088623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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