History Of Windows Visual Styles: Luna, Aero & Unreleased! 🖼️👀

2001's Windows XP brought visual styles to Windows. During its development, Microsoft used many, such as Watercolour & Candy, before XP’s final visual style, Luna, was revealed. A similar process happened during the development of its successor, Windows Vista (2006), with styles such as Plex & Slate used before the announcement of its final visual style, Aero. Watch to learn more!

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[Mickelraven]

Luna and Vista Aero are still my two favorite Visual Styles in Windows history!

[slavalinchuk]

The flat style is depressing, I loved the Vista one the most

[CEOable]

I remember the Luna and Aero styles since they are fantastic. All the prototype and beta ones look very interesting as well. Nice work!

[PhilipMurphyExtra]

Great video, Always enjoyed looking at visual styles since they were first made for Windows XP.

[Fakeman]

2:55 actually looks like windows 7 that was skinned to look like vista.

[RhysticOne]

Keep these coming, I love this series just like I loved last year's! It really makes me wonder every day what's going to be today's topic!

[johnnycha]

Interesting video! Lots to learn about visual styles of Windows!

[inqmusician]

Windows 10 and 11's themes are literally named aero in the files.

[LiveUIClient]

I HAVE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS VIDEO

[annekedebruyn]

Windows 7 still looks incredibly modern and cool.

[_wouter]

Somehow, I love the beta version of the vista basic style (the gray one)

[otetdotdmg]

i loved the vista aero... but my fav is the windows 11 fluent one :>

[techwithtyler]

Windows 10 1709 and later versions of Windows, as well as some apps in Windows 10 1703, use the current visual style, Fluent Design, as well as leftovers of Metro and Aero Lite.

[SpaltonTAG]

METRO SUX AND FLUENT SUX. LONG LIVE LUNA AND AERO

[advmx]

Actually Windows 10 and 11 uses Acrylic and Mica as their themes, which both are horrible.
In Windows 11 especially there's a wide limitation of colors, a lot of them not being supported by Windows, and no matter wha tyou do and change, the colors don't give you the same transparency as Windows 7 or 8 did, it feels useless most of the time, and some colors works way better than others.

Theming-wise, Windows XP had the most beautiful one after Windows 7. Aero in Windows 7 is a pinneacle of beauty and runs fast and doesn't use too much GPU. It's very well made and even today if you install Windows 7 on a PC, anyone who uses Windows 11 will look at it and say: Wow, this is beautiful, how can I apply this theme to my Windows?

And guess what? You can't!

I WISH Ms would just releade all older themings on new windows versions for free, as an option that you just change, reset the explorer and bam, you have wathever design you want. That would be awesome.

[MalachCoolGamer]

That's the wrong picture that's not the real windows Vista that's the windows 7 transformed into windows Vista 2:56

[maxm.]

0:40 — Is it a real prototype or a fake? It already includes pre-final icons and dates back to 1999, although Gedeon Maheux from IconFactory said that they began working on icons only in July 2000.

[emirvmendoza]

Screenshot at 0:40 is dubious or sketchy. Where is it from?

[TechnoMinded-qpin]

Older Windows is better than newer Windows the look and feel is the main asped Windows 8/10/11 are junk if I had an older gaming desktop I would still be on Windows 7 gaming on emulators rather than Steam I must admit. I will never let the digital occult win at any costs PERIOD under consumer rights of the customer rights of the customer there's just something amazing about going back to older versions of Windows even in the current year the Start Menu was simple and easy to lose but Microsoft HAS to make it more complicated than what it was if Microsoft wants to keep their reputation I highly suggest going back to the old route before they embarass themselves and make Linux replace Windows in the near future which still has classic and simple start menu themes.

[FloatingLancaster]

Bro windows classic is actually windows standard, windows classic was actually a different theme