User experience (UX) guidelines for Windows, Dynamics NAV and AX

User experience (UX) guidelines for Windows, Dynamics NAV and AXUser experience guidelines (UX Guides) are very useful design guidelines. Though they will not teach you how to design great user experiences – they will help you design your applications and avoid common mistakes. I’m sharing UX guidelines for Windows, NAV 2009 and AX 2009 with you.

HOW TO: Make taskbar in Windows Vista/XP to look more like one in Windows 7

While you are waiting for Windows 7 to go into beta and after that to go into RTM and become broadly available, you can play with your Windows Vista /XP taskbar and make it to resemble one in Windows 7. Of course, resemblance will be just slight, but still interesting to play with.

New Microsoft Windows 7 screenshots (Taskbar, Scenic Ribbon…)

Where to find and download new Windows 7 screenshots? What is new and what is improved in Windows 7? I’m bringing you very nice collection of Windows 7 screenshots and some commentary. Scenic ribbon? For sure! New Windows 7 taskbar? You betcha!

Ribbons saga continues: Ribbons in WordPad UI (Windows 7)

After Paint in new Windows 7, now here comes the first screenshot of new WordPad in Windows 7. And again it’s all from UX Evangelist. Yesterday I was happy to see ribbons and but asked myself are they just missing the point. But now, after WordPad I know answer on that question.

Ribbons saga: Ribbons in Windows 7 and in Windows Live Wave 3

It all started yesterday when Stephen Chapman talked about new Paint in Windows 7 M3, and today guys over at LiveSide are publishing out screenshots of new Windows Live Wave 3 stuff. Common line: Ribbons are almost everywhere. But are they just missing the point?