I'm a huge fan of beautiful, consistent user interfaces, and love it when something looks good in software. I'm pretty good, maybe too goo, at spotting things that don't look so good in software, and was recently challenged to list five subtle UI issues found in Windows 10 today. These are design things that you might not have ever noticed or don't care about which are out of place, broken, or outright wrong when compared to the rest of the Windows 10 aesthetic. I have a keen eye for UI, which is a blessing and a curse. When using Windows 10, it's more of a curse, because it's probably the most inconsistent an operating system's UI can be. Thanks to Microsoft's insistence on supporting legacy software, Windows today is still jam-packed with icons, programs, and other UI things from over a decade ago. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more We're not looking at those things today, however. We're looking at (mostly) smaller, subtle UI issues that for the most part have been introducing during Windows 10 tenure. So, let's dig in. Music Control UI

Let's start with an obvious one, the music control interface in Windows 10. This one isn't subtle, but it's something most people aren't aware is out of place. If you're ever listening to audio of any kind and want to change the track or adjust the volume, a UI from about seven years ago will greet you at the very top left of the screen. It's using Microsoft's Metro design language, and was first introduced with Windows 8 back in 2012. It just doesn't fit with the rest of the Windows 10 aesthetic, which is slowly but surely moving over to the Fluent design language. Interestingly, Microsoft had started work on a new music control flyout last year that does follow the new design language, but it's nowhere to be seen in the latest preview builds. I hope Microsoft is still planning to deliver it at some point. This ugly colored line in Chromium browsers

This is an issue that bugs me every single day. Along the top of Chromium-based browsers such as the new Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome is this colored line. It shouldn't be there if you don't have "show colored borders around windows" enabled in Windows 10 settings. As far as I'm aware, it's a bug with the Windows Shell, meaning it's Microsoft that needs to deal with it, not Google/Chromium. Either way, it's ugly and stands out if you're using dark mode with a light accent color and dark background like I do. No other windows have it, and other windows look much cleaner as a result. A workaround, for now, is to either use a dark accent color or always use Chrome or Edge maximized. I just want it fixed. Acrylic effect pops in after animation

This is another UI glitch that drives me crazy every time I see it. Whenever you open the Action Center (and in some cases the Start menu too,) the acrylic blur effect that's supposed to be behind it pops in after the animation is complete. So if you've got a keen eye, you'll see your background through the Action Center or Start menu before the blur effect kicks in. It just makes using the Action Center and Start menu feel janky and laggy, even though your PC is fine. This is an issue Microsoft actually fixed a few months back, but then reintroduced in another patch a few weeks later by accident, and it hasn't been fixed since. Broken reveal effects in light mode