OneDrive is still a cloud, whereas Skype has dropped most of its bubbles into what looks like a call button with a simple S logo. Icons are only one part of design, and Microsoft is making some ...

But some people think Microsoft's making simple icons more complicated. "I really like the design language, but these icons are almost TOO much," one person writes. "Like, why add that purple to word?

Designers call this form of literalism ... (Apple Music's icons and, hi, our venerable WIRED W share similar design language.) Netflix declined our request for comment, but it looks to us like ...

but it doesn’t look like any sharing icon you know. It’s almost as if in an attempt to move away from familiar shapes and textures, Apple has confused its design with new shapes and textures ...