The metro UI
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Agreed, but it is still better than seeing something designed by a Comic Sans fan.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI
No, you are not.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Well, I've been playing around with Metro on a tablet for a couple of months now, and in certain situations it really works well. Obviously I'm used to it, with working with WP7, so it's not quite the culture shock for me that it is for others. The ironic thing is that people complain about certain features of Metro apps, such as one app to the screen as a default, and blindly accept this behaviour on Android and iPhone.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
The what? :confused:
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The what? :confused:
It's the UI that moisturizes, exfoliates and isn't afraid to talk about its feelings to other UIs, but still likes to play football and have a drink with the guys.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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It's the UI that moisturizes, exfoliates and isn't afraid to talk about its feelings to other UIs, but still likes to play football and have a drink with the guys.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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I always wanted to know why they called it "metro"....now I know. :)
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
You see there as long been a gap in usability between the sighted and the sight impaired. It costs billions to make applications usable for both. Now, as a developer, we no longer have to waste the time. Apps written in metro are so unusable that they are equally worthless to both the blind and the not so blind. Kudos, Microsoft for solving a major usability problem in computing. BTW, tabing from the subject should go to the text not the post.
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It's the UI that moisturizes, exfoliates and isn't afraid to talk about its feelings to other UIs, but still likes to play football and have a drink with the guys.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
likes to play football
OK, but if it smacks me on the butt it had better watch out.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone?
Shouldn't think so. Pretty much the first thing I did on the Weight preview was to revert to the non-metro desktop. Never tried it on anything else, don't have a tablet, don't have a smartphone. Although I have to say that in videos, TV ads and pictures it looks OK. It's only a different take on a menu, from a visual perspective.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
I cringe everytime I see every theme after Windows Classic being used.
See if you can crack this: b749f6c269a746243debc6488046e33f
So far, no one seems to have cracked this!The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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Well, I've been playing around with Metro on a tablet for a couple of months now, and in certain situations it really works well. Obviously I'm used to it, with working with WP7, so it's not quite the culture shock for me that it is for others. The ironic thing is that people complain about certain features of Metro apps, such as one app to the screen as a default, and blindly accept this behaviour on Android and iPhone.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
The ironic thing is that people complain about certain features of Metro apps, such as one app to the screen as a default, and blindly accept this behaviour on Android and iPhone.
Except Android and iOS aren't being positioned as the future of the desktop OS. I have zero issue with one app on the screen on a tablet/phone. On a desktop it is an extraordinary waste of resources.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
It is sleek for tablet use, IMO. As for Desktop, people can say it has no place but from what I have seen their new tablets are more powerful than most desktops out there. With that said wouldn't you use it for both functionalities, being viewing and entering content? I doubt an iPad will ever be commonly 'docked' but the new windows tablets have both desktop and metro mode making them WAYYYY MORE functional than todays desktops or tablets. I think microsoft has an interesting angle and from what I have seen it might just work. If you gripe about the look then why not restyle it? They offer 'guidelines' but they are not 'laws'. I think it was a good idea to offer the guidelines as well. It gives devs some starting ground on new territory. Honestly, it would likely have been total chaos otherwise. MS has never been known for making thigns pretty though. Just for making them highly functional and dynamic. They leave the perttiness to the 3rd parties.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
My only firsthand exposure to something metro-like is the new Xbox dashboard. Of course, that's not a touchscreen, and it's on a 50" TV. And the apps aren't really "metro apps" they're Xbox apps. But all of the selections are done via choosing things in squares or rectangles. So that makes it metro, I guess? Oh and I can use it without touching ANYTHING (via Kinect) which is kinda cool except when my four year old walks between me and the TV and causes the display to swish to the next page (he did intentionally wave at the Kinect sensor, the little bugger). Other than all that I'm sure it's just like Windows 8 will be. I've heard people really like it on phones though. That is, the eight people who have bought them.
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I cringe everytime I see every theme after Windows Classic being used.
See if you can crack this: b749f6c269a746243debc6488046e33f
So far, no one seems to have cracked this!The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Lloyd Atkinson wrote:
I cringe everytime I see every theme after Windows Classic being used.
I cringe whenever I see anything rendered in 3D in real time. Nothing is as immersive as Myst! *smack* Sorry, the 1994 me somehow got out.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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It is sleek for tablet use, IMO. As for Desktop, people can say it has no place but from what I have seen their new tablets are more powerful than most desktops out there. With that said wouldn't you use it for both functionalities, being viewing and entering content? I doubt an iPad will ever be commonly 'docked' but the new windows tablets have both desktop and metro mode making them WAYYYY MORE functional than todays desktops or tablets. I think microsoft has an interesting angle and from what I have seen it might just work. If you gripe about the look then why not restyle it? They offer 'guidelines' but they are not 'laws'. I think it was a good idea to offer the guidelines as well. It gives devs some starting ground on new territory. Honestly, it would likely have been total chaos otherwise. MS has never been known for making thigns pretty though. Just for making them highly functional and dynamic. They leave the perttiness to the 3rd parties.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
Collin Jasnoch wrote:
They leave the perttiness to the 3rd parties
*Imagines Ender partying with a bunch of other Thirds*
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Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Am I the only one who cringes when he sees the metro UI being used outside of a phone? Actually - I cringe when I see it on a phone too.
Don't we hear that from developers every time MS makes a new/updated GUI? I actually like metro on a phone, my HTC Titan is the best phone I have ever had, and I've also used Android (hate it) and iPhone (great phone actually), but WP7 beats them all.
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