Off topic. But I can’t help but rate the trash cans.
- 1995: Excellent can. Obviously not that many pixels to work with but it is clear, legible and clean.
- 1998: I mean its fine, but a bit of a downgrade. Why so much black? Especially that top rim that apparently was painted black. The shading on the arrows also just hurts legibility, why do 2D arrows have shading anyways?
- 2000: Nope. The only good thing about it is that it is throwing away Windows. The shading is to simple arrows are strange colours and lacks a sense of depth.
- 2001: I don’t love the theme but the execution is great. It looks clean shiny and bright. The only real weird thing is the bag inside, it is a bit strangely round despite seemingly not going over the edge.
- 2006: This is a nice refinement of the last one. Cleaner look, skip the bag, more realistic trash. This is the second best executed after 1995.
- 2015: This one is bland and lacks contrast and detail. The arrows are also oddly stubby for some reason. It’s not bad, but also not good.
I think with the arrows on the ‘98 version they were trying to go with an embossed look, but it kinda flops because of the lack of resolution.
It’s possible it looked better on a CRT.
I still don’t understand why they made it a recycle bin, what gets recycled?
This is supposedly the real answer: “to differentiate from Apple’s Trash and avoid potential legal risks post-lawsuit, Microsoft adopted Recycle Bin”.
2000 microsoft was peak. Even they acnowledged windows is trash.
That’s fake of course. Original:
Dissapointed!
So what can I send to OneDrive to make Microsoft regret ever forcing it on me?
I saw the thumbnail and came in here ready to declare my love for the 1998 version (peak Windows design IMO). Once I saw the full meme, it made me actually laugh out loud. Nice.
