<story><title>New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft</title><url>http://blogs.windows.com/devices/2015/10/06/a-new-era-of-windows-10-devices-from-microsoft/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aresant</author><text>Wow, this page is a mess - here&amp;#x27;s an element based breakdown of the switching elements in their presentation:&lt;p&gt;MSFT:&lt;p&gt;- nav 1&lt;p&gt;- nav 2&lt;p&gt;- header with what sounds like a call to action, but no button to buy?&lt;p&gt;- hero image with text overlaid that has terrible contrast  nobody will read&lt;p&gt;- inter-page menus with some insane zooming function that scared my browser&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- 2 columns marketing other products? maybe buttons? yes - those little &amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot; things mean they&amp;#x27;re clickable i guess.&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? ok now they&amp;#x27;re buttons. but there&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;- another hero image with a price action, no button to click to follow the action! WTF!&lt;p&gt;VS vs the iPad Pro &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;ipad-pro&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;ipad-pro&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; which is single column and nav consistent throughout.&lt;p&gt;As the old quote goes &amp;quot;If I&amp;#x27;d had more time I would have written a shorter letter.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Feels rushed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>liquidise</author><text>Page on a full sized browser on a 13&amp;quot; screen with ublock:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dropbox.com&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;gmyi3jjwq25w0d1&amp;#x2F;surface_book.png?dl=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dropbox.com&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;gmyi3jjwq25w0d1&amp;#x2F;surface_book.png?d...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft</title><url>http://blogs.windows.com/devices/2015/10/06/a-new-era-of-windows-10-devices-from-microsoft/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aresant</author><text>Wow, this page is a mess - here&amp;#x27;s an element based breakdown of the switching elements in their presentation:&lt;p&gt;MSFT:&lt;p&gt;- nav 1&lt;p&gt;- nav 2&lt;p&gt;- header with what sounds like a call to action, but no button to buy?&lt;p&gt;- hero image with text overlaid that has terrible contrast  nobody will read&lt;p&gt;- inter-page menus with some insane zooming function that scared my browser&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- another hero image&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? no not clickable.&lt;p&gt;- 2 columns marketing other products? maybe buttons? yes - those little &amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot; things mean they&amp;#x27;re clickable i guess.&lt;p&gt;- 3 more columns - maybe buttons? ok now they&amp;#x27;re buttons. but there&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;- another hero image with a price action, no button to click to follow the action! WTF!&lt;p&gt;VS vs the iPad Pro &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;ipad-pro&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;ipad-pro&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; which is single column and nav consistent throughout.&lt;p&gt;As the old quote goes &amp;quot;If I&amp;#x27;d had more time I would have written a shorter letter.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Feels rushed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>smackfu</author><text>Apple isn&amp;#x27;t exactly who I would point to as a good comparison.  They have plenty of overdesigned pages: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;mac-pro&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;mac-pro&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>