The simplified Windows 11 system tray design was close to being launched, but Microsoft backed out at the last minute.

Microsoft has cancelled its new Windows 11 system tray redesign after strong user backlash, opting to keep the classic taskbar experience based on extensive user feedback.

After reworking its Office icons earlier this year, Microsoft is overhauling the Windows logo and over 100 icons across the operating system. The push to redesign icons is part of a larger movement to ...

Microsoft is seeking public comments on the Azure icon design change via this feedback forum. One person has already offered feedback on the new icon in this Twitter thread , indicating that the ...

Microsoft announced its new Fluent Design system way back in 2017, but it’s only recently that we’ve begun to see the new aesthetic take hold of Microsoft’s software. After introducing a new ...

The new Microsoft 365 app icons have a more 3D look and feel to them, and follow a similar design language to the 3D emoji that Microsoft added to Windows 11 in 2023. Microsoft also recently ...

Microsoft says it no longer plans to release a Windows 11 update with a new and simplified taskbar system tray as it ...

Microsoft is always looking to improve the Office apps, even if it means just minor visual alterations. To that end, for the first time in five years, the Office icons are changing, and we already ...

While flat design has dominated recent trends, these new icons offer more personality. It feels like just yesterday that Microsoft rebranded its Office icons , but it has actually been over six years.

The dreaded blue screen of death hasn’t met its maker after all: it’s just changed color and design. But that may bring a ...