old school

i saw on american idol this week (haha) that old school - means - old stuff that is <i>ok</i> to like..

so .. it is <i>ok</i> to like.. coke, cause it's old school.* or to like andrew lloyd webber - because it is old school


so if anything is old school*it is Windows?

how many years... 20? 30?

my question - is enough "cred" ..enough "props" being paid to old school Windows (and maybe office)

the Volks Beetle was old school - and updated - but it is the same design

has Windows lost it's old school cool - by removing it?* not improving it / offereing it?

is the new stuff (vista / ribbon) nice - but some - old schoolers dont like it?

when i see teal and gray i think of windows - like comfort food.* or green and blue xp... conotates - happy.

now we have black (vista) ...ok.* is it going to just continue changing in every release?

imho - id make those*3 a "stack" to build on

youve got the blue luna for business, black vista for media, new and improved classic for win95+...

so you take your past - and make it categories - to expand apon

not just willy nilly change windows colours with no goal?

or should windows just change its UI / colurs per user testing (or whatever they do now)?


edit: new ones could be added - but they would then also need to be supported - so when todays 18yr olds are 43 - they get comfort food too

?

i guess im saying - a UI forecast - framework.. something thats not random vs ..random


edit - plus there is alot of stuff that seems third or fourth tier design (within huge agency i mean)

who is putting the thought into brand and legacy and ..etc.. the vista people were all fired..