A pithy comment on the look of Office 2013

From Ars Technica reader jandrese:

For what it is worth, 2013 is also the ugliest version of Office ever. It looks like a web page where the style sheet failed to load.

This is an amusing and clever way of describing the whiteout approach Microsoft has used in the user interface for Office 2013. Rumour has it that we may see changes in the next version (for PC this will probably not be out for another year or more, though). I’m going to offer some of my own thoughts on UI design in iOS 7, Mac OS X, Windows 8 and a few miscellaneous others soon. In the meantime, have a look at the Ars Technica feature The software design trends that we love to hate. And you thought faux leather stitching was bad.

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