Microsoft Making Waves With Tile-Based Interface in Windows 8
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Somehow it suddenly feels like a good idea if Microsoft would hire some people from Ryanair / Easyjet. They may have godawful service and are lacking any and all forms of comfort, but at least they know how to cut crap you don't really need.
I understand they like shiny colours and pretty buttons, but can we please also cater to the people who want their work computer to be boring and efficient?
I understand they like shiny colours and pretty buttons, but can we please also cater to the people who want their work computer to be boring and efficient?
As am I....ZeroMachine said:
I mean how would you even install games and such on that mess? As others have said it looks more like a 'smart phone' interface thain a computer interface.
No thanks.
The tiles didn't bother me terribly much, even if I didn't particularly like them. However I hate gesture based controls, and the fact that they did this with a touch screen instead of a keyboard and mouse gives it a terrible first impression.
Windows 8: Apps for Idiots.
Holy crap! They've taken their Window Phone 7, copied it and pasted it into a box with a few extras and called it "Windows 8". Complete garbage to true-blue PC users.
The reason people selected Windows over Apple computers (OS X) was that the complexity of it allowed for users to do much more with their systems and had open freedom on interface.
Oh, and FYI: I LOVE MY DESKTOP! It's engineered just to my liking and use. Perfect personalized wallpaper (which I saw nothing but blank color pallets in their video...YUK!); specific setting of each and every application that I see fit to be on the front; and I take great use of the Window's Gadgets that work just fine for me (these gadgets have more fluid feel for them, such as the weather one, than those in the video which looked like small sheets of paper on screen).
Overall, Windows is making a HUGE step backwards in this change. Yet, the public in our "Facebook Society" will just eat it up. Hooray for social decay!
Holy crap! They've taken their Window Phone 7, copied it and pasted it into a box with a few extras and called it "Windows 8". Complete garbage to true-blue PC users.
The reason people selected Windows over Apple computers (OS X) was that the complexity of it allowed for users to do much more with their systems and had open freedom on interface.
Oh, and FYI: I LOVE MY DESKTOP! It's engineered just to my liking and use. Perfect personalized wallpaper (which I saw nothing but blank color pallets in their video...YUK!); specific setting of each and every application that I see fit to be on the front; and I take great use of the Window's Gadgets that work just fine for me (these gadgets have more fluid feel for them, such as the weather one, than those in the video which looked like small sheets of paper on screen).
Overall, Windows is making a HUGE step backwards in this change. Yet, the public in our "Facebook Society" will just eat it up. Hooray for social decay!
It seems to be pretty much the Windows Phone interface, which is (at least in terms of useability and intuitiveness) far superior to the more widespread iOs-like grid style interface.
Could be awesome for touchscreen devices, but they should really include a fallback option for the then-classic Aero interface.
I hope they don't shut their system off like Apple does.
Could be awesome for touchscreen devices, but they should really include a fallback option for the then-classic Aero interface.
I hope they don't shut their system off like Apple does.
They did that, it's called Windows 7...Aeshi said:
Anyway, I think that it's a cool idea and I for one support it. You are all ignorant if you think that they are going to alienate the power users from being able to get to the start menu or running regular applications but I think this is a step into the future. Change is progress, progress is change. If you keep everything the same how will we get better?
I bet half the people who are dissing this system are the same people who saw Iron Man and Starks computer system as was all like, "Awesome! I wish my computer was like that!" These are the intermediary steps.
I will welcome Windows 8 with open arms!
The problem isn't power users not being able to get traditional start menus and whatnot. We will get it, but the problem is the trouble they put on the power users to get the features they want.auronvi said:
Hell, I use windows 7 and just getting a quicklaunch bar at the bottom of the screen was more trouble than it should have been, and if I want the old start menu, I have to download a third party mod to get it. Small things, but still prime examples of the heart of the issue.
They essentially made the first non-portable tablet! Every singe new feature he mentioned doesn't seem appealing at all. However, some of the features windows 7 had were appealing. You didn't have to install netbios to join a network, the snap feature is nice, and I love the search feature since I have 100+ icons on my desktop. Homegroup, the new network set up, the new control panel, the new "security" features(I can't run drivers that aren't digitally signed without going into bios), the icons, etc. are hated by me.
I am going to pick out a few choice vocabulary words that you used to try and make a point. Don't take this personal.PxDn Ninja said:
traditional, should, old.
All of this language is referring to the past. Go talk to some senior citizens and they will tell you all about tradition, what should have been and the old days. I would venture instead of fighting a losing battle and trying to get Microsoft to make what you, the minority, want and embrace the changes and learn the new systems.
These are all the new features that will make PCs better than they currently are.
Icons, get rid of them. I never use them. I right click my desktop and uncheck view > Show desktop icons. When I do IT work at peoples houses, the desktop is always a mess with icons everywhere and this is because organizing them takes unnecessary work and they are so small that trying to find something in even 20 different icons can be a chore.
Make touch standard. The mouse is quickly becoming obsolete as a pointing device. So much now that I spend time on my Droid phone, I want to be able to use my finger on the screen instead of reaching for the mouse. Keyboard is still the most efficient form of input based solely on the fact that it gives feedback letting you know you pressed a button.
Customization. Since they haven't shown everything and this is one of the real first looks at Windows 8, I can venture a guess and say that those square tiles won't all be the same size and will be completely customizable as oppose to say, everything being stuck either in the start menu or a task bar.
I am just asking people instead of "reacting" to just sit and think about what IS possible for change and not just stick with what you are familiar with. How can computing and UI get better if we just make everything the same year after year.
I want a Stark computer and I want one yesterday!
