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For those of you interested, there is a Firefox Metro Preview for Windows 8 posted on the official Mozilla blog. Head on over and check it out.
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I simply cannot fathom how Microsoft expects companies to be able to afford training their employees on how to use Metro.
I see a pattern. This is my opinion only:
Windows 3.11 (Solid)
Windows 95 (Not stable but looked good)
Windows 98 (Great, It is what Win95 should have been)
Windows ME (Sucked)
Windows XP (Great)
Vista (Sucked)
Windows 7 (Great. It is what Vista should have been)
Windows 8 (...)
Wow am I sick of reading this.... PS Buddy, you forgot a few OSes in there.
Wow am I sick of reading this.... PS Buddy, you forgot a few OSes in there.
I see a pattern. This is my opinion only:
Windows 3.11 (Solid)
Windows 95 (Not stable but looked good)
Windows 98 (Great, It is what Win95 should have been)
Windows ME (Sucked)
Windows XP (Great)
Vista (Sucked)
Windows 7 (Great. It is what Vista should have been)
Windows 8 (...)
It says that Firefox OS is coming. Is it intended to be an alternative to Android?
I think your a bit confused on a couple of them.I see a pattern. This is my opinion only:
Windows 3.11 (Solid)
Windows 95 (Not stable but looked good)
Windows 98 (Great, It is what Win95 should have been)
Windows ME (Sucked)
Windows XP (Great)
Vista (Sucked)
Windows 7 (Great. It is what Vista should have been)
Windows 8 (...)
I simply cannot fathom how Microsoft expects companies to be able to afford training their employees on how to use Metro.
You have to skip a few to make a point. It's how that works.
BTW: Vista wasn't really as bad as people make it out to be. Unless you were one of those that bought a Dell with 512MB of RAM and a Celeron processor, you were generally doing pretty good with that OS. But, people that bought those Dell's blamed it on Microsoft, not Dell (of one of the many other OEM's). Try the godly, worshipped XP on a P2/266 with 128 or even 256 MB of RAM. Then bitch about Vista. Sure, it met the minimum requirements. But, that didn't mean squat.
Windows 8 as an OS is amazing. Stable, fast, reliable. The minor things people bring up are very insignificant. Even my minor quips are tiny and not really "complaints". I can find problems with any OS. Just the way I am. But, I find answers to the problems. I find solutions to problems that don't really exist. Just a tinkerer.
Still looks like a chrome ripoff RIP firefox.
also windows 8 is laughably bad, in looks and in function, iOS on a desktop.
let me correct a few parts of it...
Windows 8 (Great, not all that professional oriented like XP but nevertheless great, clean, efficient and elegant, might be a worthy successor... )
This is my opinion only:
Windows 3.11 (Solid)
Windows 95 (Not stable but looked good)
Windows 98 (Great, It is what Win95 should have been)
Windows ME (Sucked)
Windows XP (Great)
Vista (Sucked)
Windows 7 (Great. It is what Vista should have been)
Windows 8 (...)
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Now for another correction:
XP was a flowery mess. Windows 2000 was the real professional oriented OS and it was damn good.
Windows 3.11 (Solid)
Windows 95 (Not stable but looked good)
Windows 98 (Great, It is what Win95 should have been)
Windows ME (Sucked)
Windows XP (Great)
Vista (Sucked)
Windows 7 (Great. It is what Vista should have been)
Windows 8 (...)
Actually that is a very valid contribution, but too late. All the cheerleaders and apologists have helped walk Microsoft into a disaster for PCs.windows 8 sucks
Whew, had to get that out, now i felt like i added something to this thread.
The whole Metro style interface is pretty when you first see it. But after you spend time with it, it grates on you. Its definitely meant for a small screen. Its so overly simple on a 23" screen it does feel like a child's interface scheme. It was bad enough look at it as a launcher. I don't want my applications to replicate the look. I hope there's a desktop edition still. The bookmark screen had me immediately thinking maybe chrome/chromium isn't that bad after all.
Actually that is a very valid contribution, but too late. All the cheerleaders and apologists have helped walk Microsoft into a disaster for PCs.
Because of the plethora of alternatives? As much as I'd like to Linux gaming take off, it will be a long while yet before its smooth. So I'm forced into Windows.The hybrid OS is a needed business decision.
tablets, pads phones all stuff that we use in the home with the same OS and it also works faster than windows 7, so its a good release for Microsoft.
in a year, people who state it sucks, likely use firefox and w8
Because of the plethora of alternatives? As much as I'd like to Linux gaming take off, it will be a long while yet before its smooth. So I'm forced into Windows.
I'll have the fortune of being annoyed daily by the OS like I'm forced daily at work to use Ribbon based Office. We still have 'new office sucks' cathartic discussions break out at work. I don't have Office for home use anymore even though I can get it for $10 through work. I use an open source alternatives which are good enough for home uses.
The fact they are using a de facto monopoly to force feed me their 'vision' and try sell more mobile devices is not helping the 'windows 8 experience'.
windows 8 sucks
Whew, had to get that out, now i felt like i added something to this thread.
And remember, the Metro UI, on regular Windows 8 versions (no RT), isn't "mandatory". I think there is already a small piece of software to automatically go past the Metro UI and boot into the regular Windows desktop (anyone can confirm?).
The whole Metro style interface is pretty when you first see it. But after you spend time with it, it grates on you. Its definitely meant for a small screen. Its so overly simple on a 23" screen it does feel like a child's interface scheme. It was bad enough look at it as a launcher. I don't want my applications to replicate the look. I hope there's a desktop edition still. The bookmark screen had me immediately thinking maybe chrome/chromium isn't that bad after all.
Wow this thread derailed into a Windows 8 hate thread in short order. Yeah guys, we get it. You hate Windows 8 and this so-call staring at Metro all day long, never seeing the desktop again. Let me count the times I have to launch the start screen every day - oh pretty much near to never. As with 7, I hit Windows key, type the first 3-4 letters of the program I want to run, and enter. Done and back to desktop again.
This thread's about Firefox Metro. Looks good and it's good to know there's going to be alternatives for tablets besides Internet Explorer. But someone needs to tell Firefox that it's not called Metro anymore, lol.
Yes, this Windows 8 thing, it is like a type of common enemy trolling activity or sport, against Microsoft in this case. They will probably all be using it in a couple of years, and saying how wonderful it is, when Windows 9 comes along.
Yes, this Windows 8 thing, it is like a type of common enemy trolling activity or sport, against Microsoft in this case. They will probably all be using it in a couple of years, and saying how wonderful it is, when Windows 9 comes along.