So Microsoft removed the transparency Aero Glass effect going from Windows 7 to 10, to make 10 more "modern", even though 7 was pretty as fuck with that transparency.

Now they're bringing it back with their wanky "acrylic" blur?

Make up your mind Microsoft

This! Rib me all you like but vista and 7 are the best looking by far. Vista sucked for other reasons but it was a fresh look at least.

Bring back true aero :(

Yeah, "modern, clean" is synonymous with "As a UI/UX expert, I need to justify my employment, so just assume that everything you have now is 'soooo [insert last decade here]' and you are losing sales until we replace the entire UI with what I tell you is super fresh and exciting (but really I'm just going to look up what google is doing). Screw the users because I know what's best for them"

Well I kinda like the new MS design language, it looks nice and clean, not gimmicky.

@RememberMe half the apps have acrylic transparency, half don't. Half the apps have a black theme, half don't. Half the apps follow their original design philosophy, half don't.

And don't even get me started on the fact that we have 2 control panels, 2 paints, 2 calculators, and as of the new update, 2 snipping tools

@24th-Dragon @Milenchy haha, indeed! I just said I like the design language, not how they implemented it in Windows 10.
Though I expect they'll unify the system eventually. Hopefully.

I never understood how designs get more modern and more modern over time, like sure, some things weren't possible 15 years ago (like animations everywhere), but like what actually makes a design modern? Why do UIs have to be reinvented every 2 years or so.

And, what would it feel like to see a UI from the future? Would you think it's cool, practical, modern? Will it be totally different from what we call the most modern today? Would you be able to understand it intuitively? Idk.