Creating the Windows 8 User Experience
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- prophetone0
like sitting in front of an intelligent tv and choosing titles on netflix simply by shrugging and meh'ing...
- Isn't that how you pick a title in Netflix anyway? It's all pretty much crap.ETM
- ukit20
Thought this was kind of funny...is that last sentence a shot at Apple?
"In 2006, Windows Vista substantially changed the visual appearance of Windows, introducing the Aero visual style. Aero gave the appearance of highly-rendered glass, light sources, reflections, and other graphically complex textures in the title bars, taskbar, and other system surfaces. These stylistic elements represented the design sensibilities of the time, reflecting the capabilities of the brand-new digital tools used to create and render them. This style of simulating faux-realistic materials (such as glass or aluminum) on the screen looks dated and cheesy now, but at the time, it was very much en vogue."
- LOL. 15 years after XP they jump on the "faux-realistic materials" bandwagon (late), and then date it.monospaced
- monospaced0
Thought this was kind of funny...is this sentence ignoring OS X?
"Although tablets on other platforms have followed suit, Windows 7 was the first shipping OS to embrace multitouch in the platform."
- The sentence is accurate though. Win 7 shipped with a full suite of multi-touch gestures first.ETM
- Lion was really the official release for multitouch.ETM
- so weird! I was using multi-touch on MBPs back in '08 on an old operating systemmonospaced
- ukit20
Anyway Windows 7 (and even the desktop part of Windows 8) has the same "faux realistic" style so are they saying their current OS is dated and cheesy?
- ukit20
Wonder if Windows 8 will actually be a huge disaster for Microsoft...if you read the comments on that post they are 90% negative
- Could be good. It's actual change that people need to get used to.ETM
- There was mostly bad things to say about both the iPhone and iPad when they were first announced.ETM
- And well, look how they transformed the market. Not saying win 8 will totally transform anything.ETM
- But sometimes interesting change comes with resistance.ETM
- monkeyshine0
I've been using Windows 8 for about a month now (both tablet and desktop) and I'm surprised by how quickly I've acclimated to desktop especially.
I work for MS so maybe I'm kool-aid biased but I have high hopes for Windows 8. The design and UX is fresh and forward-thinking (anticipating a non-PC world)...we'll see.
- ukit20
monkeyshine, do you end up using the apps a lot? Or mostly regular desktop?
- I use the apps more but this is also not my main work machine.monkeyshine
- ukit20
The real jump is from Windows 3 to 95...which predates my computer experience
- whippersnappersublocked
- Get off my lawn!!ETM
- wow...animatedgif
- lol...I just didn't use computers back then. Better things to do as a kid.ukit2
- my first computer was a TANDY running windows 1sublocked
- Mine was an 8086 (20 MHZ) running Dos 5. Wait... also had a Commodore Vic 20.ETM
- ZX81 here.
1K ram,mikotondria3