18 June 2008
Windows UI to get touch of Adobe Lightroom, hint of elegance
Microsoft has been able to seduce Adobe Lightroom’s user interface/experience designer, Mark Hamburg, to become to something quite a mouthful; the team lead with “future operating systems user experiences”. (Though I bet that would make a killer business card.) Also, something what sounds like opportunity of a lifetime, so I guess no-one can blame Mark, even though it would mean Lightroom is heading downhill from now on. Not that I have ever used it. The UI looks nice, though.
If one can make any conclusions from the Lightroom design goals; Personality, elegance, grace and style, Windows should be heading towards whole different path. Which would be nice, since I’m not that big of a fan of the whole million-million-million colors coloring book scheme.
All the best for you, Mark! May the Bill be with you! (Though, it should be noted that we do expect results.)
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