# BeOS Interface × Metro — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=beos-interface+metro
# BeOS Interface carries the structure. Metro appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from BeOS Interface (Style, 1995–2001) and its accent from Metro (Style, 2010–2015). Structural cues: Only the front window's tab is yellow; every other window keeps a gray tab; The tab is as wide as the window's name, not as wide as the window; Holding Shift and dragging the tab slides it along the top edge of the window; The Deskbar stands in the upper right corner with running applications stacked below it. Accent cues, used sparingly: Type as the hero; Flat-color tiles; Compositions running off-screen; Chrome eliminated. Composition: The tab occupies only as much of the top edge as the name needs, and because tabs slide, window positions are chosen so overlapping windows line their tabs up in a row.. Type and lettering: A small sans, one line of it, living inside the tab; names get cut short rather than trailing into an ellipsis.. Let one material quality come from the second style: No shadows or borders, black or white ground, saturated flat panels. Mood: Technology, Rebellion, Futurism, Trust. Color: build on #FFCB00, #D8D8D8, #9D9D9D with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - BeOS Interface: Spreading the yellow around as a general accent destroys its one job, marking the front window, and the tab drops to decoration.
# - Metro: Stripping every border and shadow erases the difference between a tappable tile and a plain heading, leaving people guessing where to touch.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/beos-interface/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/metro/design.md