my favorite part is how a bunch of people that arent developers are expecting things from a developer preview.
lol, exactly.
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my favorite part is how a bunch of people that arent developers are expecting things from a developer preview.
It's made for touch, mouse, pen and keyboard running on form factors from a tablet to a laptop to a desktop.
my favorite part is how a bunch of people that arent developers are expecting things from a developer preview.
just installed it alongside pinguy to have a play with..
cant say i am a big fan of the interface, but as someone pointed out, this is a developer preview, so i am not gonna judge ms on this one.
first impressions:
boots quickly
i wish i could find stuff in it (such as the "settings charm" for ie10, so that i can make normal ie default browser)
interface is great for tablets and stuff, its almost getting to unity standard of usability.
this is a developer preview, so i am hoping that there are major changes before release, as complaining about anything now is just retarded.
EDIT: Is there a way to restart windows without the hibernate thing going?? its lovely to have it booting so fast, but I need to run update-grub so i can add it to my grub menu, and grub wont do it with a hibernated windows..
i wish i could find stuff in it (such as the "settings charm" for ie10, so that i can make normal ie default browser)
With IE open, move your mouse to the lower left corner until the Start menu pops up, click on Settings. And I believe clicking "Default view for links" is what people are talking about for IE.
It's made for touch, mouse, pen and keyboard running on form factors from a tablet to a laptop to a desktop.
No. They are very clear that its a 'touch first' UI. Of course it works with a kb+mouse, but that doesn't mean it was designed for those devices or that it works well.
On a pc, the Metro UI is clunky, wasteful and pointless.
I don't adapt well to change.
I like my interface minimal.
gimme my classic view.
And on what basis do you make this statement?+1, for some of us, the PC is a tool, and we like our tools to stay consistent, especially when it really wouldn't be too hard to include the classic theme...
And on what basis do you make this statement?
I'm actually surprised at how usable the underpinnings are already.
But the touch experience is a mess. It's better than Omnimo-ing Win7, but not much better. The new Explorer is particularly an experience in half-assedness so I don't expect it to be able to work on a slate. I REALLY hope they have a Metro'd file manager somewhere along the line.
Uhh... what basis do I need? I, like many other people, like certain things to stay consistent... for example, some of us actually *like* the classic windows 95/2000 look, and would love it to use it in Windows 8....
Didn't think I needed a basis to have an opinion...
microsoft made the perfect tool for people like you
its called windows 7
microsoft made the perfect tool for people like you
its called windows 7
Uhh... what basis do I need? I, like many other people, like certain things to stay consistent... for example, some of us actually *like* the classic windows 95/2000 look, and would love it to use it in Windows 8....
Didn't think I needed a basis to have an opinion...
How long is Microsoft supposed to keep dragging legacy content along to please people who are too stubborn to try something new. If you like the classic stuff that much you have plenty of operating systems with it to choose from, including Windows 7. I can only imagine the mess OS X would be if they followed that same philosophy.
For those who are unaware, the Metro theme at release will be completely optional. Microsoft has said many things are missing from this build because it's not a beta. This is a developers build to test apps to work with Metro and nothing more. There is no point in releasing anything but Metro because the rest of the OS is similar to 7. It's not needing to be tested at this point. That's what beta is for.
The Classic Theme (or, more, specifically, non-Aero) wasn't "just a theme" - it was the absense of theming, and required DWM to be off. This has a variety of consequences, many of which probably aren't obvious.I really dont see whats so hard about supporting a classic theme (like any other theme), I have no problem with Aero and other enhancements, its literally just a look and feel preference... not really sure why complaining about a personal preference not being included in a new OS release is such a problem for some on this board tho
The Classic Theme (or, more, specifically, non-Aero) wasn't "just a theme" - it was the absense of theming, and required DWM to be off. This has a variety of consequences, many of which probably aren't obvious.
They will, this is just a rough cut and it's not all there yet. The touch experience in Explorer in the desktop is very useable for me but then I've been using Windows 7 touch devices since day one so anything I guess is an improvement.
Yeah - see, any 'touch' OS on a PC-sized screen you have to actually aim your finger is not a touch OS. As things stand you're dropped into the 'traditional' interface too often from Metro even for the basics like the Task Manager. I do wonder how much of this will persist - my feeling veers towards 'too much', but I'm a pessimist.
But not every app really needs to have a optimized UI. How many people use a tool like a task manger on a tablet? And again, this release doesn't even have a native touch based media player, which of course that will be there. Just a little early to get a feel for the total touch experience, this preview was just enough to get into developers hands to get them going.
Yeah. I think I'm done with it for now. I'll wait for a beta.
Will you hate me if I used Windows 8 for 5 minutes and say that Metro feels like Windows for the Ultimate Dummy?
Maybe if this was on an iPad, but seriously on my desktop computer? I don't like where this is going.
I agree with you, on the desktop, metro has pretty much no place.... on tablets and smartphones, the classic desktop has no place...