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Photo Viewer's command bar does not match explorer

Submitted by .Chris on March 18, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

In Photo viewer (NOT photo gallery) the command bar does not match the explorer command bar when you hover over the options, as well as the color is a bit off.

The color is a bit darker with more blue-ish hues.

When you hover over, the buttons are more fatter.

This has become a real problem with you guys not matching all of your command bars.

Take a look here

http://www.windowslivetaskforce.com/view/15

see...

Please, just give some constancy here. Have ONE team work on the command bar (ALL of them) so you know you can get it right the first time.

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Discussion (5 comments)

.Chris wrote on March 18, 2009, 5:30pm

Added new image attachment.

.Chris wrote on March 18, 2009, 5:48pm

Changed solution description.

tino wrote on March 18, 2009, 6:25pm

Every team creates it's own command bar. They have too much time and too much money.

.Chris wrote on March 18, 2009, 6:35pm

Thats not the point Tino. The command bar SHOULD be the same across.

xombie wrote on March 18, 2009, 8:49pm

Make one common command bar control and import it in all apps.

burnblue wrote on March 19, 2009, 2:41pm

I always wonder how you guys notice this stuff. I mean, when I'm in Photo Gallery I'm always thinking "this bar looks like Photo Gallery's", not "this bar looks slightly different from Explorer's". Do you open them side by side just to compare?

It's funny that some of the most popular submissions on here are minor color or icon tweaks. If I was a Windows engineer who decided to browse here, I might end up thinking the userbase is satisfied with Windows featureset, since we're spending our time discussing shades of blue

.Chris wrote on March 19, 2009, 5:29pm

@ burn

Yes, I do. Plus I pay close attention to detel, unlike some

This is mostly a constancy issue, rather complaining about shades of blue.

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