Windows 7 vs Windows 11 Icons!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Windows 7 was released over a decade ago, and the current version is now Windows 11. Here's a video where various icons for both versions are compared against each other.
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I love the glassy icons on windows 7
It’s crazy how detailed it was before and now it’s very minimalistic.
9000+ colors Vs 4 colors.
There's actually a newer version for the windows setup icon... but it's only been used for some packages in the MS store
setup.exe windows 95 , xp , Vista , 7
Like Windows Web Experience Pack
@@ShippoHsu Yes
Like appx installer
.appx installers have a cardboard packaging icon as I know it
Windows 7 still looks so good to me, idk why. Windows 11 is just really too simplistic in my opinion
Like everything these days. I don't think the kids are impressed by all the white space and toony icons.
I agree with both comments.
wdym they are cartoony edit1:bruh
Simplistic and straight to the point, the way it should be, imagine if the world gave the road signs a 3D shiny look to replace a boring 2 color Stop Sign.
@@MarkWhich Nah, I don't agree for some things, even if they are simple, they make this type of striking and 3D design very attractive to the eye.
Both Windows 7 and 11's icons are really good. Windows 7's ones are more detailed, but windows 11's ones are really modern-looking. I love both detailed and modern designs, so I think both OSes' icons are really cool. (I am a Windows 11 user, tho I used Windows 10, 7 and XP before.)
You didn't ues Vista?
@@zackfgteev1 i used vista (in a vm)
Terrible experience
So true
What I liked about Windows Vista was the user interface and I already used it in Windows 7 and it looks more like xp because I modified its buttons
Windows XP uses a complete different set of icons with a maximum resolution of just 48x48, then we needed higher quality icons as 1080p and more displays became more common so it makes sense for Vista/7's to use 256x256 size icons, it still the norm size today but 512x512 sizes, which Windows 8 and above started to use, but they still use 256x256 on less common icons or icons that don't need to be displayed in a larger size.
The Windows Vista-7 era was a time where Microsoft actually wanted to please their customers. Just look at Vista’s desktop. The default wallpaper is a beautiful aurora, there’s a sidebar with realistic icons, and a shiny black taskbar with a literal button for the start menu. Windows on the desktop have an aero-glass effect, meaning that completely transparent windows without white background (not a typo) will look like real windows on a house reflecting the bright, luminous sunlight. The icons, (from both Vista and 7, up to 8.1) look like real-world things that you can pick up and use. The photo icon (my personal favourite) looks like a “vista”, with gorgeous mountains, a nice blue sky, and a very calm river.
Windows 11 is also nice, too. If you’re looking for simplicity or a modern design, this version of Windows is for you. With a revamped design, up-to-date icons, and a beautiful graphic background, Windows 11 is simply a modern OS.
I am also looking forward to getting a “gaming” tower (3.2 GHz, 500G hard drive, 8G RAM, dated 2012) and installing Vista. May be out of support, but I still have a Windows 8.1 Surface and two Windows 10 laptops. Nothing so beautiful beats Vista or 7 when you love realistic graphics or old computers!
Windows 7 best os for me
so true man
I installed Windows Vista on a Windows 8.1 HP laptop from 2014, it ran just fine. I didn’t used virtual machine, i just installed Windows Vista on it natively
@Pikachu Playz Yes, it was able to run aero. I had a blast with it
@Pikachu Playz that sounds bad. No modern minimize and maximize animations on your Windows Vista VMs, that sucks
Windows 7 icons were made with love. So much time invested and that gets reflected on the details.
Oversimplified everything looks (sometimes) good, but it shows laziness instead of good work.
This is a misconception.
Windows 7 icons are a sign of laziness and bad taste.
Skeuomorphism is not love, a vestige.
@@flashback6836 Nobody said Skeuomorphism is love directly, but let's he honest. There's not that much time of development on 11 icons than on Vista/7 ones.
@@JoaquinVacas
this is just a misconception, Windows 7 icons are designed easier and faster than modern ones.
Aero-style Windows 7 is one of the offshoots of skeuomorphism.
@@flashback6836 designing a paper with no shadows and nothing else after all takes a hard work, yeah.
Windows 7 has more of a lively approach, and Windows 11 has a simple, flat look.
Still win11 icons better than win10 icons
@@Fisjjjwindows 10 icons resemble windows 7 ones
I really hated (and hate) the trend of minimalism and plain colors present in 2012 - 2022 designs, so seeing Microsoft reintroduce gradients and soft illumination to their icons is something I appreciate a lot tbh. It might not be the same as the glassy and refined designs of the Windows Vista/7 era, but these designs do look both stylish and modern. I like them 👍 .
Me too
same bro but sadly that hasn't changed since 2013
Windows 7 Icons is Better than Windows 11 icons Dude
for me they are both beautiful
Windows 7 was at the height of skeuomorphic design (or maybe Vista was)
i think vistas icon were a little too futuristic, just look at hte icons one by one lol
@@maurovisuals control panel: *i agree*
@@gurvbtrue
"Comparing a legend with new born child"
(I still use win 7 ultimate now days and love it)
what specs bro
Fact: Some Windows 7 icons are the same in Service packs of Windows Vista, while all remain the same in Windows 8 and 8.1. In Windows 10, they are pretty much the same, BUT very oversimplified... At least 11's icons are better that 10's
All they mostly have only done is put rounded corners on everything, mainly the folders and app icons, basically there's not a lot of change.
Someone else didn't realize that from windows 3.1 to 7 the icons were detailed and 3d but from windows 8 to 11 they are modernized and flat I miss the old windows moments :(
3.1 icons were ugly they only used 16 colors and had a maximum resolution of only 32x32.
No one can deny that Windows 7 icons are much prettier compared to Windows 11
Even more so because the W7 icons are in a more 3D dimension than this "minimalist" aspect of W11 that I think many don't like.
It's called a trend. But I like both. It all started when iOS did this. However, I like Windows 11 more because of its simple 2D icons, which become 3D because of shading.
Well, I can deny. Yeah, this persson exist. I like both system icons.
@@PopCapMusicTrending same here
I prefer the Windows 11 one, looks cleaner
@@Icybubba looks oversimplified
Windows 11 icons look nice, but too basic, Windows 7 Icons feel much more detailed
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I believe that some icons are drawn in Figma straight ahead. An amazing tool, I’ve remastered them before.
This video kind of reminds me of my good old days using windows 7
They brought back classic icons but with upgraded version.
3:39 Hmmm....
I dunno why From win7,vista,8,8.1,10 still using this old icon but why Microsoft change it in Windows 11 🥺
Me neither
Some icons in Windows 8 and 8.1 are from Windows Vista and 7
crazy how 11's logo is literally just four boxes
i bet windows 12 will be 2 paralel rectangles
Microsoft Logo will be so oversimplified it will either be just a cube or a small tiny pixe;
I actually like the windows 7 icons more because windows 7 icons look more realistic
I think the windows 7 icons look better because they are 3D and look more realistic
They are legit just way better design.
W opinion
while i don't like windows 11 for it's performance, at least the icons look better than 10's icons. windows 7's icons still the best tho.
1:12 They bring back the new Windows Media Player in Windows 11.
The old media player icon was legendary.
in my opinion windows 7 is better because you have better compatiblity, games folder, beatufil wallpapers, beatiful aero glass scheme and very nice sounds, and i still use windows 7 and i don't care if windows 7 support has ended! I will stay on windows 7 forever!! And windows 10 is the worst OS i have ever seen!!! and windows 11 is basically the same!!!!!!
Agreed. Windows 10 is a Burning Fashion. Windows 8.1 is best
Windows 7 icons that look better:everything but windows installer
Windows 11 icons that look better: Windows installer
w11 icons are better, but w7 icons are nostalgic
Yep true but win7 icons are cooler but win11 icons are aesthetic (I’m not starting a war)
Still, it seems that Windows 7 is more modern and newer, and came out later than Windows 10 and 11.
In truth, the Internet Explorer logo is from Windows 7 without a service pack, by adding a service pack you will get a more updated version of internet explorer
Windows 11’s icons are better than Windows 7 because i really like modern icons rather than old ones.
As both, a Windows 11 user AND a Windows 7 user, I can confirm that these are 101% accurate to the real icons (no joke)
Well Windows 7 was a wonder for world after windows xp and the icons used till 8.1 is era type .Yes still I use Windows 7 but soon will switch to newer version I think that windows 7 have is really simplified by its icons also . Also I have done super personalize my windows and it's taskbar is beutifull up in desktop . There are many options in windows 7 still not known to people but windows 11 is known .
Some Windows 11 icons does looks good than older version, some look too oversimplified and some file format icons doesn't look like it fits in the design of Windows 11
i usually prefer flat modern designs, but windows 11's are just sad... so glad my computer isn't able to upgrade
one day you will need to buy a new PC with windows 14 on it so yeah there goes windows 7 in like 2027.
Windows 7: Glassy and aesthetic
Windows 11: Simple and minimalist
Nice !
do you guys notice that in some of the icons you can see the close minimize and restore down buttons while windows 11 doesnt have any of those
Windows7 is the best OS after XP in the history I love it and still use it 🙂
It appears that the icon in win11 is less detailed but much clear and some how windows 11 has quit lot compatibility comparing to windows7. I think the detail been taken off could some how related to file size, as you see windows have tons of icons even in different sizes, so if taking off some details off could add some compatibility to lower end computers would be better to consumers and also some IoT devices that rely on windows IoT operating system, and by the way I don't think windows 11 delete all the old icons, some could be just hidden using registery.
Real evolution… but backwards
This is interesting because I don't use Windows 11 but I still daily drive Windows 7
Windows 7 icons blow Windows 11 icons away lol.
Not including the windows installer icon, that is not from windows 7
0:17 : You know, Windows 11 using icon that Windows XP used. And yeah, My Mom not like it because she can't seeing what's inside it 😅
7 is nostalgia it was my childhood but i gotta give it to windows 11 for dose icons
i love aero icons but simplified icons still eye catching for me
Agreed
just like road signage, straight to the point.
2:47 they are identical.
True
everyone misses Windows 7 so much
we never forget it
Yes it end supports on 2023
an os can be put out of support, but windows 7 never dies ❤
Unpopular opinion: w11's logo is the only modern windows os with a logo that actually looks like its associated os's name: Windows.
I still prefer the Windows 7 style
Fact, you only should us a fraction of all icons thats were changed, it took 3 versions of windows to full change them all to a metro look, Windows 8 changed some to a lot of them, Windows 10 changed most of them then finally RegEdit after a few updates, then by the time Windows 11 came out, everything was changed, leaving any remaining traces of Vista a thing in the past.
"Better have an Old OS which looks good and has only the really required features than a New Modern-looking OS filled up with annoying and useless features" - Me
Windows Xp - it all starts now
Windows vista - to dos and Linux users ‘I am not you I am the life you are too scared to live’
Windows 7 - You can never catch me
Windows 8 - 8.1 - simplification of apps are now beginning
Windows 10- simplified
Windows 11 - over simplified
Windows 12 - just drawings
Linux 2023 - Um 😐 what were you saying few years ago?😂
Me : using windows 11 and thinking using android 1 is also better 😅
I LOVE WINDOWS 7 ICONS FOR REAL
surprising how the w7 desktop icon shows in vista ui
Simple
Windows 11 vs windows 95 please 🙏
What
Windows 7 Has Alot Of Details, Windows 11 Is Just A Laziness
laziness? I think w11 icons look good
Nice vid bud
Windows 7 is better, but windows 11 is futuristic
That was what everyone said with windows 7 a few years ago, and then with windows 8/8.1 and windows 10, if windows 12 or 13 change the design language again, everyone will say that is futuristic again
Windows 7 is the best OS ever
No
Graphical UI DEVOLUTION of windows.
Its cancerous how Windows 7 has that glass, brilliant style and Windows 11 its just color shapes and thats it.
i Prefer Windows xp and Windows longhorn's Icons. Windows xp is more cool. Windows longhorn is interesting one. Windows vista to Windows 8.1 icons. Are detailed. Windows 11's Ah Whatever
Idk, but I like new one. Just saying.. idk.
the windows 7 icons were good :awesome:
I like the new one hehe
gracias por ver
i like the very detailed icons on 7
i love both of them
i like win11 icons more and the only win7 icon i love is run
Windows 7 Forever. 2024.2.27 My OS Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate ...
Windows is looking more and more like Mac OS, and Mac OS is looking more and more like Windows 💀
I remember I had it standing Windows seven together with Ubuntu (Unity)
Windows Vista vs Windows 7 icons plsss
Always 7
The windows 7 icons are so much better
Windows 7 is my nostalgia. I cried the day I left it. Now I’m on 10 and I can’t upgrade because my pc isn’t COMPATIBLE with W11,my opinion is Microsoft is failing again. W11 is becoming popular,I don’t care,at me cares old Windows (aero/Luna/metrOS)
you can go back i think maybe
Windows 7 iş perfect
aynen
i like windows 11 icons they are good but windows 7 icons are high quality and cool effects
window 7 has like more 3d icons.
I like windows 7 icons.
Windows 11 icons are just 2d but other are 3d on windows 11.
I dont like windows 11 icons
Its always funny how Windows 7 manages to look newer and cleaner than the actual newer product.
windows 11 icons beat windows 10. but, windows 7/vista take the win anyday
Better icon Vista and 7 👍✨
Everything on Windows 11 is ugly
Im staying on Windows 10 even if its out of support in the next 5 years since it looks better than Windows 11
I like Windows 7 because it's cool, and I like Windows 11 because it's simple and round.
I still use Windows 7, anyone else? :P
Me too!
@@prach.hwarang Naisee
Windows 7 absolutely. Windows 11 is simplified and 2d.
What about network and sound icons?
windows 7 still better!
Can you do windows 95/98 and windows 11 logoes
Who do you prefer? Windows 7 or Windows 11?
👇
Task manager?
Nothing beats windows 7
Windows 7 is the best windows 11 a little bit good
You can't blame windows 11 for its design, cause windows 7 looks more classic and nostalgic while windows 11 with its modern looking