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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.
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Normally I click on the start button when I want to stop.
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Normally I click on the start button when I want to stop.
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No wonder pictures with smiley faces are needed!
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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.
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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).
OK, fair point.
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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
You're reading a Microsoft site comparing w8 with OSX... Of course it looks better.
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You're reading a Microsoft site comparing w8 with OSX... Of course it looks better.
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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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+5 for flexibility !
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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
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.
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Is Windows 8 seriously going to look like that? That's horrific! X|
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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.
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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
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.
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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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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
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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MDL=>Moshu wrote:
Isn't that a neat feature?
It would certainly reduce the number of incoming calls I get during meetings. (The ones that happen when the head honcho is in the meeting :mad:)
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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MDL=>Moshu wrote:
Isn't that a neat feature?
It would certainly reduce the number of incoming calls I get during meetings. (The ones that happen when the head honcho is in the meeting :mad:)
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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POH has been very positive about Metro. I can't understand why MS wanted to base their interface on a newspaper. :confused:
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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
MDL=>Moshu wrote:
You can have multiple apps running even on the metro style. You can even have a split screen granted just for 2 apps.
So, well, just 2 apps really. In 1/2 screen each. so if one is, say something like notepad with a couple of notes in, it has to take up 50% of the screen - the great advantage of a windows world is that you can size to suit.
MDL=>Moshu wrote:
But splitting your screen with like 4 apps only make sense on a 26"+ display.
well, my Mac has a 27" display and my PC twin 24" displays - so makes sense.
MDL=>Moshu wrote:
On a desktop I don't even want to hear about metro. X|
Quite - but the example you shows was a desktop not a tablet - it was specifically comparing desktop OSs - otherwise you need to compare metro and Ios or Android, and not OSX
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Is Windows 8 seriously going to look like that? That's horrific! X|
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Codenamed iWindows. *vomits over metro*
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Touch, touch and... touch, of course. For a desktop, I don't like it very much.
Veni, vidi, vici.
Agreed, it's totally tablet/smartphone centric. From an ergonomical PoV it's terrible. It may be great for casual users, but anyone exposed to that kind of interface for a prolonged period will prefer an interface that can be controlled with hands on the table and a screen in front of your eyes, rather than below.