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Zee-Al-Eid Ahmad

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Tech geek who knows a bit about design 🎨 Open DMs 👋 (same handle on bluesky and mastodon)

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3 years
A huge thanks to Microsoft for sending me a Surface Laptop 4! I'm really loving it!!😊 Thanks once again to @designjon & Microsoft for this wonderful gift!
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@zeealeid Awesome work Zee! We’ve got something special for you as a gift from Microsoft for your creativity and passion for our products! Stay tuned and keep up the awesome work!
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Arc on Windows is finally here. No more waitlists, no more betas. Download Arc today.
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Hmm, something weird happened with my Windows install, can someone help? P.S: Restarting didn't work
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Inspired by Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pros — What if apps could minimize into some sort of widgets to the taskbar? #FluentDesign
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Haven't posted any designs in a while, so here's how some developer related tools like Visual Studio, GitHub Desktop & Visual Studio Code could look if they got refreshed with Windows 11's look and feel. #FluentDesign
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I wanted to see how the CommandBar styled Context Menus would look like if they were implemented throughout the OS. So here’s a consistent Context Menu style: #FluentFriday #FluentDesign
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Probably one of the most cursed things I've made, so basically it's Windows 11 but with Metro.
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Saw somewhere that Bing is going to get those fancy Chat-GPT features. How about built-in Clippy in Windows with Chat-GPT or something xD #FluentDesign
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this for some reason xD
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what is y’all most liked tweet?
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Twitter but it's Fluent. #FluentDesign
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bootcamp assistant for iphone to give the users in eu more choice n freedom n all that™️
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Since Windows 11 is just around the corner, I was looking back at some of my #FluentDesign work — #FluentFriday
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Been a reeeally long time since I posted something, so I decided to touch up some applications in Windows Tools folder with Windows 11 look-and-feel. #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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Windows apps but they're consistent with the look and feel of the new Edge - #FluentFriday
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✨g l a s s ✨ #FluentFriday
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What if @figma was a native Windows app — #FluentFriday
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adobe figma cc pro 2023
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Fluent with some bits of Metro and Aero mixed in 🤔
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Was looking at the aesthetics of some new Microsoft web apps (e.g Copilot, OneDrive etc) that use Fluent 2 and thought what if that sort of bubbly, rounded design language was ported over to Windows... (I also used Aptos as the UI font just for the lols) #FluentDesign
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So I wanted to see how a few inbox Windows apps could look like, if they used WinUI 2.6. Also you may notice that windows are now tinted with the desktop background. #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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What if Windows 11's setup experience got updated with a similar look and feel to the new OOBE. #FluentFriday
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Here are the dark mode versions!
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Here’s a quick mock-up, Windows 11 has a feature called “Snap groups” which lets you restore snapped windows in one click. What if the user could save those snapped apps as an app group and access them from Start? And clicking the pinned icon would open them in the same layout.
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Since Paint (not Paint 3D) is going to get updates via Microsoft Store, I wondered what if it got a major redesign with a cleaner UI? #FluentDesign
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What if we combine Task Manager and Resource Monitor into a single app... #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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What if Microsoft's apps on the Mac looked more macOS-esque? Following are a few examples of how I think Office apps and Microsoft Edge could look more "native" on macOS: #FluentDesign
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since microsoft is lit adding AI into everything at this point, how about adding sth like bing image generator in mspaint 💀
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Weather ☀️ #FluentDesign
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Inspired by the collaboration features in macOS Ventura and Figma — What if Windows had system-wide collaboration features which could let you share any app with others? Following are some scenarios in which a feature like this can be useful. #FluentDesign
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File Explorer Hover & Drag and Drop Animation #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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Really excited to share my Windows 11 Shell Template! I tried to recreate the shell components (like Start Menu, Task Bar, Widgets, Quick Settings, Notifications Center etc.) from scratch in Figma. Available in @figmadesign community! ()
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Here's a collection of my #FluentDesign concepts! :)
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Refreshed File Explorer design with a new context menu — #FluentDesign
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Messed around with a few ideas related to File Explorer — Added tags to the it, each tag has it's own color. A tagged folder will have a slight ribbon on it's icon. There's also a new "Customize Folder" option which lets you add a glyph icon on the folder's icon.
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Another design post this week — I really like how the new Office looks but I was kinda surprised to see some parts (such as the home screen) left unchanged. So what if they got refreshed as well? #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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Tried to improve the Widgets Pane in Windows 11 by making the pane resizable, adding support for multiple pages and more useful widgets (such as pinning entire folders, widgets for Task Manager, Phone Link and much more! #FluentDesign
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An idea for a new folder view—What if you could arrange files in different sections called “Fences” & could link other folders and they show up as “Fences” in that folder. You could also add notes and to do lists, all of this can be resized and placed freely. #FluentDesign
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Since File Explorer is finally getting a new address bar and nav bar, here's how the Open/Save dialogs could be updated to match the new File Explorer design. #FluentDesign
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I was bored so enjoy this cursed aero fluent progress bar thing
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VLC Media Player with a few touches of #FluentDesign
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how about windows and stuff getting dusty over time if you don't clean up your temporary files using disk cleanup often lmao
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Finally got time to post something after almost 3 months. As Windows 11 now has a special tablet mode with floating windows and stuff. Maybe we could ditch the close/minimize buttons in favor of gestures? #FluentDesign
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Been thinking of ways to improve the Details Pane in File Explorer. What if the pane also contained "Previous Versions" and a little preview of the selected file (that could be evoked when the thumbnail is clicked)? #FluentFriday
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copilot is cool and all but would be nice if it could rename files based on the content in them #fluentdesign
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Boot screen and log-in animation #FluentDesign
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We all know MS is going to end the support of Windows Phone next week. 😔 So I imagined how WP could've looked like if it was still being worked on, today Thoughts? @MichaelGillett @RudyHuyn @JezCorden @sinclairinator @zacbowden @TweeterSky17 @Daniel_Rubino @Jordynelly
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Perhaps the new "Recall" feature could be better integrated into Windows' shell and act a successor to Windows Timeline, instead of having it as a separate app? #FluentDesign
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cleaner search experience — #FluentDesign
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With the rebrand of Microsoft Bing a few days ago, I thought what if the site got a redesign as well? Here's what I've come up with: #FluentDesign
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File Explorer — Split View #FluentFriday #FluentDesign
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Did a little app-opening animation for the Settings app — #FluentDesign
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Tried to redesign Hyper-V Manager with #FluentDesign Thoughts? :)
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Few tweaks to the Quick Settings flyout—Currently when you click the battery text, it opens Settings, what if it opened a separate page for battery info instead? There could be a separate page for Bluetooth too when you click the chevron in the Bluetooth toggle. #FluentDesign
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Haven’t posted any designs in a while so I decided to redesign the photos viewer and editor screens — #FluentDesign
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Decided to redesign Registry Editor with new WinUI 2.6 styles. Also the breadcrumb at the top changes to a text box when you click on the edit icon on the right. #FluentDesign
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Here's a redesigned Microsoft Store product page Thoughts? :) @MicrosoftDesign #fluentdesign
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Made some changes to the Calendar taskbar flyout — #FluentFriday
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Windows 98 with #fluentdesign
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Here's "App Groups" for Windows. The user will be able to select which apps should go in which area of the screen. An icon will be created on the desktop afterwards. The user would be able to launch those apps in the marked places, with a single click — #FluentDesign
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Tried to give Visual Studio a Fluent redesign — #fluentdesign
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Excited to release the v2 of my Windows 11 Shell Template for Figma! In this update, shell elements are updated to be in-line with the latest Insider builds. Also, the Taskbar template now has vector-based icons. Available in @figma community as always: ()
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Thought that Bing Search's interface was falling quite a bit behind Bing Chat and other MS web services — #FluentDesign
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Tried to redesign the Windows installation experience — #FluentDesign
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This is some breathtaking stuff — just look the consistency. I hate to say it but it makes the current Windows 10 look dated #WWDC20
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Tried to redesign the in-built Weather app in Windows 10. Made it a bit more compact and changed a few things here and there — #FluentDesign
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✨Announcing Windows 11 Shell Template 3.0 for @figma This update includes updates to the Taskbar such as uncombined labels & notification icons, addition of Windows Copilot and redesigns to File Explorer and Widgets Pane! 📦
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Just designed a little stand-alone PDF/EPUB reader app for Windows — #FluentDesign
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If Spotify made a modern Windows app — #fluentdesign
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Heard you liked dark mode — #fluentdesign
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Designed a 'Devices flyout' which shows your connected devices and drives and you can even eject/manage them from there. Also gave a fresh coat of paint to the Bluetooth flyout. All of these flyouts are accessible from the Control Center. #FluentFriday #FluentDesign
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Made a little animation 😁 — #FluentDesign
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Designed a Control Center for Windows — #FluentDeisgn
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Did some changes to the Action Center, Control Center and the battery flyout — #FluentDesign
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Redesigned Microsoft Store with "Collections" automatically generated for the user — #FluentDesign Thoughts? :) @MicrosoftDesign
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So I tried to redesign the "modern" Disk Management. I know I've done a Disk Management redesign before, I wanted to give it a shot again :) #FluentDesign
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Heavily inspired by @Arlodottxt 's System Tray idea from a few days ago, here's my take on it: The tray icons have been moved from the Taskbar to Control Center & only two recent tray icons are shown. To expand it, just click on the circle. [1/2]
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Made a little Microsoft Store home page to app details page animation — #FluentDesign
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So here's a redesigned "file properties" dialog — #fluentdesign Thoughts? :) #fluentfriday
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Tried to design a “Fluent” Reddit app while retaining the look and feel of the Reddit website — #FluentDesign
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Redesigned winver.exe by taking some inspiration from the About this Mac dialog in macOS and the About page in the Settings app... #FluentDesign
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Just a little redesign I did recently — Here's User Account Control redesigned. #FluentDesign
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OMG OMG OMG!! Finally!! Windows 11 is really turning out to be a huge redesign it seems like!
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Fluent Design Task Manager in latest Windows 11 build. It is hidden and mostly broken but it confirms Microsoft is working on Task Manager redesign. #Windows11 #FluentDesign
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Here how the desktop context menu (in Windows 10) could be improved by taking some design cues/functionality from Windows 10X's desktop context menu — #fluentdesign Thoughts? :)
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Photos app redesign — #FluentDesign
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Added rounded corners and changed some things up in the Calculator app — #FluentDesign
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some random explorations - #fluentfriday
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Happy #fluentfriday ! I always thought something was missing in the Nearby Sharing experience, so here's an idea—let's integrate Nearby Sharing in a taskbar flyout :)
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Was planning to redo some of my older designs from early 2020. So here are some of the refreshed versions of those designs! :) #FluentDesign
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Initial thoughts on #Windows11 , I love the new design and features. Can’t wait to download the insider builds when they become available. The new “Mica” material looks fantastic as well. But, I really hope there is a new fluent file explorer 😆 #MicrosoftEvent
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Windows 10 X has a gesture based UI — so it would make sense if the app-closing gesture from Windows 8 makes a return in 10X. Thoughts? @zacbowden @Daniel_Rubino #fluentdesign @MicrosoftDesign
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Redesigned Lock Screen Sign-in Animation — #FluentDesign
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Discord but with some touches of #FluentDesign #FluentFriday
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Redesigned Autoplay pop-up — #FluentDesign
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Gave a bit of #FluentDesign love to Notepad
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Just noticed this new command bar/titlebar in Photos app. Probably the first time that an in-built Windows app has the controls merged with the titlebar. Looks interesting 🤔 #FluentDesign
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I have been using @FilesForWindows as my main File Explorer for a month and I must say it looks gorgeous and it sometimes performed better than the default File Explorer for me!🤯 #FilesV2
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I tried to make a desktop wallpaper, it's a Windows default wallpaper with HoloLens 2 logo's gradient. 😃 Thoughts?
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