these are alternate versions of windows i made for an alternate history project called Einheit and Ordung, this is where Microsoft went a little differently... where they cared a little more about their consumers, improved Me and 2000 and actually saw consumers as humans instead of just mere products, due to different political situations.

i used paint.net, already existing versions of windows and other tools and assets

no generative ai was used in the making of these concepts

An alternate timeline where Windows 9 existed:

Codename: Blue Threshold.

Deep system name: Windows IX (to avoid compatibility issues with Windows 95 and 98)

Release date: June 18th, 2014.

Default wallpaper name: Navy Wallpaper.

Aesthetic: Mix of Frutiger Aero and Metro

End of Life support: June 18th, 2024.

NOTE: This is just my creativity and imagination and I'm not trying to promote misinformation as Windows 9 never existed as an actual Windows OS version.

This concept was created to match the current Microsoft Copilot logo. Created using Paint.NET.

Not really a daily Windows user — I only dual boot for college stuff. But I figured I’d try some light ricing on Windows too, without making it a RAM hog.

Went with a true acrylic/frosted glass blur, rounded pill-style widgets, and some Catppuccin Mocha accents. The bar picks up whatever’s behind it, so it blends in with pretty much any wallpaper. I paired it with komorebi for tiling, masir for mouse focus, and whkdrc for keybinds.

Built this on an ASUS Vivobook 15 with 8GB RAM, so I also debloated it and kept things as lightweight as possible. No heavy effects — just clean, usable, and still lighter than most stock Windows setups I’ve seen.

It includes a clock with calendar/alarm popup, memory graph, wallpaper gallery switcher, quick launch search, taskbar, traffic monitor, and battery widget — all wrapped in soft blur and rounded corners.

I also submitted it to the official YASB theme gallery, so it should show up in-app soon as “Frosted Glass Revamp.”

Dotfiles: GitHub - Harishkumar-ghub/Frost: An Yasb Theme(https://github.com/Harishkumar-ghub/Frost)

Font used: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font

Honestly, if this runs fine on my potato, yours probably will too.

will do a Windows 7 timeline soon.

And yes, I made this mockup back in 2022 so I decided to revamp this.

In the first one one you see the marker below the icons has changed to show how many windows each app has open.

In the second one there's a bubble on the top left showing a number.

Do you think this would be an improvement?

made in inkscape. please comment if there's something i should add or change, as this is my first concept.

The UI design is based on the design of the WebTV UI. The design of the icon is based on the design of the buttons in the WebTV UI, but with more saturation and the Windows 98 logo added. This is what Windows Media Center would look like if it existed in the 1990s.

Windows Aero was one of the greatest design systems ever built. I made a concept showing this great design system with modern icons from Windows 11.

This is an unofficial Windows 11 taskbar redesign concept focused on practical everyday use.

The idea is to keep the taskbar familiar while making it more modular, adaptive and useful. The contextual area on the left could switch between weather and compact media controls depending on what the user is doing, while the center keeps pinned and running apps easy to access.

The concept includes:

• Switchable weather and media widget
• Compact playback controls directly on the taskbar
• Smart app groups for related applications
• Cleaner quick settings and system tray
• Better organization of pinned and running apps
• Light and dark mode designs
• Fluent Design, Mica and Acrylic styling
• A modular layout that users could customize

The media controls could appear automatically while music is playing and switch back to weather or another selected widget when playback stops.

This is only a visual concept. It is not an application, downloadable theme or official Microsoft design.

I appreciate all feedback. Which part would you keep, remove or improve?

Concept / Design

I wanted to try my hand at reverse engineering Windows Standard and Mica within MS Paint. Here's a comparison between the two plus some bonus non-logo ones