All eyes on Windows 7
Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky have started blogging about Windows 7 and they want your questions. Here’s mine:
Part of the role of the OS is to both provide infrastructure and show leadership in UI design. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen much from Windows, other than the Windows common controls and a few Vista design guidelines.
Microsoft Office (both Office XP and 2007), not Windows, has really set the standard for how applications should interact with users. Doesn’t this leadership role belong to Windows?
Do you plan to make Windows 7 a platform for building applications with an awesome, consistent user interface?