As a Windows Phone user, this really resonates with me, because WP has actually been preserving the UI and basic principles it builds on, and only added features as users voiced needs for specific upgrades (like allowing transparent tiles with a photo behind the start screen (effectively a background, but in a non-traditional way.
With the exception of Windows 7 -> Windows 8, MS have also kept cosmetic updates to the system, fairly conservatively.
The authors critique of OSX is maybe the only thing i disagree with, since I haven't experienced any situation, where more than the cosmetic things changed, i.e. no UI elements changed really.
With the exception of Windows 7 -> Windows 8, MS have also kept cosmetic updates to the system, fairly conservatively.
The authors critique of OSX is maybe the only thing i disagree with, since I haven't experienced any situation, where more than the cosmetic things changed, i.e. no UI elements changed really.