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Mac OS - Snow Leopard vs Windows Seven Icons
The new Windows seven icons were introduced with Vista and many carry over to Windows 7. On the other hand Mac OS 10 has some icons that are very clear like the internal drive whereas on Vista and Windows 7 seems more like an external drive.When it comes to beauty and form, both the Mac OS and Windows seven icons are running neck in neck. If you compare them side by side, there are some differences of note, but the styles of the icons are both pretty and obviously convey a message of what they signal. Some of the key differences between the 2 start if you look at the folder icons. While they both use folder shapes, Windows seven sticks with the more traditional yellow color which is nearer to their real-world counterparts. Mac OS elects to employ a speckled blue color which more seems like a recycled paper than standard file folder. This change took place in Leopard and was had a meeting with some criticism.
Folder types are also different from Windows seven icons to Mac OS X with the second embossing an image on the icon and the previous opting for an emblem sticking out of the folder. This sticking out blob of the side of the folder makes it more troublesome to see what the folder means like it probably did in the days before Leopard which was essentially easier to tell one from the other.
The new Windows seven icons were introduced with Vista and many carry over to Windows seven. On the other hand Mac OS ten has some icons that are awfully clear like the internal drive whereas on Vista and Windows 7 appears more like an external drive. Windows doesn't get rid of its older icons either. If you look in the icons, you can still see things like the 3.5 and 5.25 floppy disk. Some differences with the rubbish bin is that on the Mac it looks expanded when full.
Windows seven has continued the glass-like style which it debuted in Windows Vista, there are also one or two icons that have a newer style that steps away from the glassy look. One of them is Wordpad which in Windows 7 follows a totally different style. Also in Mac OS X, the TextEdit icon has text which ran in the'Think Different' television adverts which Apple did in the latter 90s. There are also many more icons that have this playful touch than in Windows that has been known to present business like, practical icons which have carried over into Windows seven. Mac OS icons are known to have a more creative bent.
This, of course, is directly tied to the branding of each operating system : Windows is business-oriented and Mac OS is more artistically driven and private. While this isn't engraved in granite, it is something which has been long known in the industry. The practical approach to icons is more clear in both systems System Preferences and Control Panel sections. The icons on both systems clearly convey their meaning without any room for bafflement. These two sets of icons while engaging serve that purpose. Hopefully, the way icons are rendered in Windows 7 will change with the following upgrade. They're currently in .ico format which is not the easiest to handle within .exe and .dll files.
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