I dunno, I think the whole Microsoft = Metro is giving the company way to much credit where the Web 2.0 design crowd owned.. I mean sure Microsoft figured out grid based design + phone could be a cheaper option to get developers to produce aesthetically nice code was a good idea but to lump them with Flat design despite decade or more of designers doing the same design both in print media and on the web is a bit of an irritation for a designer like me.
Its like me making a language tomorrow and baking in LINQ style syntax then getting the credit for it's concept. Which btw is ironic given funnily enough Coldfusion had Query of Query before C# had it (syntax different but concept is same). --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > Vaguely on topic, I installed iOS7 on one of my wife's work phones and was > like "ooooh look, it's all metro." looks like Microsoft was onto something > seeing that Android have also adopted the flat look. It's like looking at > those old brown brick houses that you know were built in the 70s. Change > the style and it suddenly looks modern. I now find myself wanting a new > iPhone (and this is after finally successfully not using any Apple products > anymore...) > > So I may well end up using Apple phone, Google tablet and Microsoft > laptop. > I don't like missing out on things, and like to share myself around. hehe > :) > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Honestly they are just parroting Apple AppStore. I don't mean that in a >> bad way in that people aren't stupid in in the company but one has to >> settle on a core cultural reality - everything in Microsoft is about >> compete, the company is obsessed with one-uping the competition but they >> fail more and more to realise WHY they are competing. You can easily get >> sucked into the idea of "We have to beat Apple" cheer leading and hardly if >> not barely anyone turns around and ask the question "Why?" >> >> Point in case - >> http://www.globalnerdy.com/2013/04/30/delusional-ceo-of-company-scrambling-for-distant-third-place-says-theyll-be-the-absolute-leader-in-five-years/- >> Microsoft staff held a funeral for iOS / Android on the day Windows Phone >> went gold master. It's one thing to be confident and believe in your >> product its another to be so arrogant and delusional? Rather than celebrate >> their product with a sense of pride or fist pumping they instead came at it >> with the whole "Knife the Baby" aggression - the very thing that made the >> DOJ turn around and simply say "Ok, that's enough.." >> >> Windows Store doesn't solve a problem if they actually gave the problem >> an actual original thought then actual Store would look like something >> you'd buy from. They have XBOX Store as an example, Zune Marketplace as >> another example so it's not like they haven't actually had success here.. >> in the case of Windows 8 they simply just gave up. >> >> >> --- >> Regards, >> Scott Barnes >> http://www.riagenic.com >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Nathan Chere < >> nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com> wrote: >> >>> The ‘problem’ they’re trying to solve (as I understand it) is not >>> keeping up with the Jones’ in terms of easy it is for the average J. Doe to >>> download things from Apple’s App Store with confidence that it won’t >>> contain malware or corrupt their system. Not a bad thing in itself, but the >>> mistake (as I understand) it is forcing it as the ‘one true path’ at the >>> expense of the general desktop experience.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 September 2013 9:29 AM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* Re: Mark II**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> Good straw-man test to undertake - how many times a day you check the >>> AppStore in Windows 8.1 ..**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> You're dead right. Moreover I don't really know what problem the Windows >>> 8 app store is solving. It has never been hard to obtain/install software >>> for Windows.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> The app store on iPhone was revolutionary because it was a total PITA to >>> get apps onto a phone prior to it and the quality of what was there >>> (syncing apps onto Windows Mobile etc) was pretty bad. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> David. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Click here <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ==> to >>> report this email as spam.**** >>> >>> >>> This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com >>> >> >> >
