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  • D Dan Mos

    Or are there any other cpians that actaully like the metro interface. It seems and feels new. In the link bellow I much better prefer the metro screen then the OSXyz one: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-windows-8-vs-apple-os-x-mountain-lion/[^] With apple it just seems like nothing new. Sure some new apps, security ... but overall nothing new/big.

    All the best, Dan

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    Is Windows 8 seriously going to look like that? That's horrific! X|

    "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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      Is Windows 8 seriously going to look like that? That's horrific! X|

      "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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      Dalek Dave
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      It is aimed at the illiterate. They cannot read nor write, but colourful symbols with smiley faces will enable them to live a full and happy life, filled with Twatter, Wastebook and Thickipedia.

      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        POH has been very positive about Metro. I can't understand why MS wanted to base their interface on a newspaper. :confused:


        Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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        Dan Mos
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        It's what most users do. Check emails, news, tweets, like or dislike photos... So it makes some sence if you consider that. For the rest of us there is the desktop interface for real work. That's how I see it. And it seems the right move. Sure, I'll have to clarify the situations with the daleknians but short of that "all is good". :rolleyes:

        All the best, Dan

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          POH has been very positive about Metro. I can't understand why MS wanted to base their interface on a newspaper. :confused:


          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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          CPallini
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          Touch, touch and... touch, of course. For a desktop, I don't like it very much.

          Veni, vidi, vici.

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          • T TorstenH

            Does it just look like - or is it all the same (with a little twist in the appearance) :confused: What if I want something different?

            regards Torsten When I'm not working

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            Dan Mos
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            Then get a Win8 tablet. :) Or go for the Android sea of icons. One can choose from more then 1000 weather apps. Isn't that Cool? :-\

            All the best, Dan

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            • D Dalek Dave

              It is aimed at the illiterate. They cannot read nor write, but colourful symbols with smiley faces will enable them to live a full and happy life, filled with Twatter, Wastebook and Thickipedia.

              --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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              Ahhh, of course - so that 'Start' button on the screen is really going to confuse them. I can't stand anything to big or 'in your face' - both of which appear to be the philosophy in that design.

              "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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                Ahhh, of course - so that 'Start' button on the screen is really going to confuse them. I can't stand anything to big or 'in your face' - both of which appear to be the philosophy in that design.

                "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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                Dalek Dave
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                Normally I click on the start button when I want to stop.

                --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Normally I click on the start button when I want to stop.

                  --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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                  No wonder pictures with smiley faces are needed!

                  "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    It is aimed at the illiterate. They cannot read nor write, but colourful symbols with smiley faces will enable them to live a full and happy life, filled with Twatter, Wastebook and Thickipedia.

                    --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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                    BobJanova
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                    I don't think Wikipedia deserves being put in the same category as the other two. It isn't a peer reviewed journal or anything but it is a good source of factual information, and also requires more than a three second attention span to want to make use of (unlike Twitter/Facebook).

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                      I don't think Wikipedia deserves being put in the same category as the other two. It isn't a peer reviewed journal or anything but it is a good source of factual information, and also requires more than a three second attention span to want to make use of (unlike Twitter/Facebook).

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      OK, fair point.

                      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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                      • D Dan Mos

                        Or are there any other cpians that actaully like the metro interface. It seems and feels new. In the link bellow I much better prefer the metro screen then the OSXyz one: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-windows-8-vs-apple-os-x-mountain-lion/[^] With apple it just seems like nothing new. Sure some new apps, security ... but overall nothing new/big.

                        All the best, Dan

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                        Lost User
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                        You're reading a Microsoft site comparing w8 with OSX... Of course it looks better.

                        MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                          You're reading a Microsoft site comparing w8 with OSX... Of course it looks better.

                          MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                          Dan Mos
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                          I googled for screens/images. Haven't read a word of the article. I know it's a MS site but I've alos installed the developer preview and I can tell you that it looks like that. As for apple it also loks like that. Sure the app icons vary from person to person but the look and feel is that one. So the link is just for the picture. I was too lazy to create one myself, upload it ... :)

                          All the best, Dan

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                            OK, fair point.

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                            BillWoodruff
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                            +5 for flexibility !

                            "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman

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                              I googled for screens/images. Haven't read a word of the article. I know it's a MS site but I've alos installed the developer preview and I can tell you that it looks like that. As for apple it also loks like that. Sure the app icons vary from person to person but the look and feel is that one. So the link is just for the picture. I was too lazy to create one myself, upload it ... :)

                              All the best, Dan

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                              Ok you're just talking what the desktop looks like. I just hate the type of article you linked to, with it's bias it becomes useless otherbthan as a marketing tool. Speaking personally, I almost never see the desktop on either my Mac or pc. I run apps from the launch bar on both systems. What worries me about windows 8 UNi is the single-ap-at-a-time paradigm. I don't work that way.

                              MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                                Is Windows 8 seriously going to look like that? That's horrific! X|

                                "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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                                Perhaps they are trying to open new markets by providing a UI that is suitable for most primates and not just us.

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                                  Ok you're just talking what the desktop looks like. I just hate the type of article you linked to, with it's bias it becomes useless otherbthan as a marketing tool. Speaking personally, I almost never see the desktop on either my Mac or pc. I run apps from the launch bar on both systems. What worries me about windows 8 UNi is the single-ap-at-a-time paradigm. I don't work that way.

                                  MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                                  Dan Mos
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                                  Not sure I follow. You can have multiple apps running even on the metro style. You can even have a split screen granted just for 2 apps. But splitting your screen with like 4 apps only make sense on a 26"+ display. On a desktop I don't even want to hear about metro. X| But on a tablet is nice. ;)

                                  All the best, Dan

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                                    Or are there any other cpians that actaully like the metro interface. It seems and feels new. In the link bellow I much better prefer the metro screen then the OSXyz one: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-windows-8-vs-apple-os-x-mountain-lion/[^] With apple it just seems like nothing new. Sure some new apps, security ... but overall nothing new/big.

                                    All the best, Dan

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                                    I like metro a lot, I've been using a WP7 handset for well over a year and it still feels great. Looks like it'll scale up to tablets well but I feel it has no place as the primary method of input on a laptop or workstation, but I recall them saying it's optional and can be toggled off, so that's not a problem at all. My primary home machine is a macbook running lion, and while it works just fine, I still prefer Windows 7.

                                    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                                      I like metro a lot, I've been using a WP7 handset for well over a year and it still feels great. Looks like it'll scale up to tablets well but I feel it has no place as the primary method of input on a laptop or workstation, but I recall them saying it's optional and can be toggled off, so that's not a problem at all. My primary home machine is a macbook running lion, and while it works just fine, I still prefer Windows 7.

                                      He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                                      Dan Mos
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                                      Exactly. Metro on desktop/lapotp simply put, workstaion = X| On a tablet = :rose: where rose:ILove<T> :-D

                                      All the best, Dan

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                                        Or are there any other cpians that actaully like the metro interface. It seems and feels new. In the link bellow I much better prefer the metro screen then the OSXyz one: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-windows-8-vs-apple-os-x-mountain-lion/[^] With apple it just seems like nothing new. Sure some new apps, security ... but overall nothing new/big.

                                        All the best, Dan

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                                        S Houghtelin
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                                        My first impression was wow! I've turned my desktop computer into a giant cell phone that I can't make calls on. :)

                                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                          My first impression was wow! I've turned my desktop computer into a giant cell phone that I can't make calls on. :)

                                          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                          Dan Mos
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                                          Isn't that a neat feature? :rolleyes:

                                          All the best, Dan

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