Windows 8 = LCARS?
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I honestly don't understand a lot of the outcry over the new Windows 8 interface. Yes, it's different, and maybe people are afraid of change. But, geeks everywhere (me included ;) ) have dreamed of having the Star Trek computer. Isn't the Windows 8 interface a step towards LCARS[^]? LCARS also provides a unified OS, regardless of the device being used. Every screen is touch-enabled, and usually they are tapping icons that look like tiles. Am I the only one that is happy with the new Windows 8 interface? No, it's not for every purpose, but the underlying OS is still accessible. I'm more upset over the inclusion of the ribbon in explorer[^] than the Windows 8 tile design. They should even license LCARS from Universal, and release Windows 8 - LCARS edition. :-D OK...I'm done...go to yellow alert...raise shields...prepare for responses...
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
OS != UI, but still, looking forward to finding out how well it really works.
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I honestly don't understand a lot of the outcry over the new Windows 8 interface. Yes, it's different, and maybe people are afraid of change. But, geeks everywhere (me included ;) ) have dreamed of having the Star Trek computer. Isn't the Windows 8 interface a step towards LCARS[^]? LCARS also provides a unified OS, regardless of the device being used. Every screen is touch-enabled, and usually they are tapping icons that look like tiles. Am I the only one that is happy with the new Windows 8 interface? No, it's not for every purpose, but the underlying OS is still accessible. I'm more upset over the inclusion of the ribbon in explorer[^] than the Windows 8 tile design. They should even license LCARS from Universal, and release Windows 8 - LCARS edition. :-D OK...I'm done...go to yellow alert...raise shields...prepare for responses...
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
I was very much impressed with radically new windows 8 UI.. and wrote this article some time back. http://vijaysringeri.blogspot.com/2011/08/early-birds-view-of-windows-8-metro-ui.html[^] I really appreciate this effort of MSFT
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I'm not sure how the GRID OF BIG SQUARE BUTTONS interface will work for a desktop, but for a touch device I think it'll be awesome. Can't wait to see it in action. Will judge it when I can use it for a while.
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I'm not sure how the GRID OF BIG SQUARE BUTTONS interface will work for a desktop
You can switch it over to the standard Aero interface if the Metro interface isn't working for you on your PC.
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OS != UI, but still, looking forward to finding out how well it really works.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyIf MS can argue that IE == OS (or part thereof), I'm sure they can argue that UI == OS too.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
I'm not sure how the GRID OF BIG SQUARE BUTTONS interface will work for a desktop
You can switch it over to the standard Aero interface if the Metro interface isn't working for you on your PC.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I still want to know how thats going to work in terms of UI development. are we all going to have to program 2 UIs or are we going to have to compromise on our UI designs so that it can be interpreted for both 'modes' without looking crap in one of them?
Pedis ex oris
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OS != UI, but still, looking forward to finding out how well it really works.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchypeterchen wrote:
OS != UI
Not quite from the users point of view. For the users OS == UI + Device Drivers; => Linux != OS;
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I was very much impressed with radically new windows 8 UI.. and wrote this article some time back. http://vijaysringeri.blogspot.com/2011/08/early-birds-view-of-windows-8-metro-ui.html[^] I really appreciate this effort of MSFT
Are you really sure about your statement "Thousands of HTML5 and Java based web apps"? Are you really, really sure about that?
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I honestly don't understand a lot of the outcry over the new Windows 8 interface. Yes, it's different, and maybe people are afraid of change. But, geeks everywhere (me included ;) ) have dreamed of having the Star Trek computer. Isn't the Windows 8 interface a step towards LCARS[^]? LCARS also provides a unified OS, regardless of the device being used. Every screen is touch-enabled, and usually they are tapping icons that look like tiles. Am I the only one that is happy with the new Windows 8 interface? No, it's not for every purpose, but the underlying OS is still accessible. I'm more upset over the inclusion of the ribbon in explorer[^] than the Windows 8 tile design. They should even license LCARS from Universal, and release Windows 8 - LCARS edition. :-D OK...I'm done...go to yellow alert...raise shields...prepare for responses...
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
The Star Trek computers of the later series seemed to require an excessive amount of input for even the simplest tasks. The UIs also seemed excessively cluttered with nonsense graphics and IDs. Then it would spit stuff out in tabular form without any filtering.
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The Star Trek computers of the later series seemed to require an excessive amount of input for even the simplest tasks. The UIs also seemed excessively cluttered with nonsense graphics and IDs. Then it would spit stuff out in tabular form without any filtering.
The multiple key presses were most likely for dramatic effect, and, yes, having Data around to process all that, well, data, is definitely a big help. But, it doesn't mean a real system based on that idea will be the same as in the show.
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
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The multiple key presses were most likely for dramatic effect, and, yes, having Data around to process all that, well, data, is definitely a big help. But, it doesn't mean a real system based on that idea will be the same as in the show.
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke! Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot?
Dude the entire system was for dramatic effect, not usability. And what idea? I though the computer not creative at all. That Data didn't have direct access to the computer was absurd. WiFi anyone?