I fortunately have not had the experience of dealing with tablets, smartphones, Windows 8, or the like, and would do so only unwillingly. My work place is just now making the switch from Windows XP to Windows 7, from older 32-bit machines to 64-bit machines and virtualized servers, and it is enough of a change to cause a headache that doesn't want to end.
I suspect that TuneIn changed their interface for the same reason as many of the changes these days - to appear to be "innovating." If you don't innovate, you supposedly stagnate, and your revenue will go down. Change for the appearance of changing/improving. Whether that is the actual outcome or not. Lather, shave, rinse off, repeat. Kevin -- ------------------------------------- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com ------------------------------------- --- On Fri, 2/8/13, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Internetradio] Interesting item about changes TuneIn is making - putting content first vs. stations first. To: "Joe Buch" <[email protected]>, "Internet radio discussion" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 8, 2013, 2:15 PM Heh - I've agreed to be a "guinea pig" for our company with Windows 8. I have already identified a couple add-ons that enable a computer with Windows 8 to look like a Windows 7 machine. What I dislike is that Microsoft presumes how you want these apps to be "tiled" on the desktop. For my iPhone, I have arranged icons into a slew of folders that make organizational sense to me...but perhaps make no sense to anyone else. Microsoft recognizes that the iPad has made significant inroads as a portable, personal computing device, and its touch screen interface is intuitive and easy to use. IT departments are scrambling with executives who want to use their personal iPads to access company IT resources - this has resulted in the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) terminology entering the vocabulary. RC On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote: They probably changed for the same reason Microsoft feels it necessary to modify their man/machine interface (apology to Maryanne Kehoe) just when their customers have gotten use to the previous operating system version. Windows 8 is a totally useless "upgrade" to anyone who is quite happy with a mouse and keyboard. Some time ago Microsoft figured out they could really baffle their customers by requiring them close down the computer by going to a button in the bottom left corner of the screen labeled "start" instead of "end" or "stop". In Windows 8 they have chosen to hide the "start" button. My guess is that the guy who publishes "Windows 8 For Dummies" bribed Microsoft to make the interface more confusing than required to sell more books/DVDs. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
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