Considering the use of a developer preview, may be the official release will work perfect with the mouse and keyboard as claimed by Microsoft. Otherwise, I have no idea what you are talking about. Never used a windows phone, before. Though I think xaml is not even close to the ideal solution for Linux UI
Despite the glitches and inconsistencies, I still think this different design on PC is way better than any Linux desktop UI. -- Jase On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason,**** > > ** ** > > Have you used windows phone 7? Have you used Android? Do you know the > reason behind the design decisions > Microsoft made? If you have a windows pc, please download zune for pc and > iTunes. Compare the two. > they both do the exact same thing and yet zune to some (like me) is the > better UI and UX (user experience).**** > > ** ** > > The same minimalist ideology was used in windows 8. Then they went one > step further and made each tile > a small xaml app. Xaml gives the developer more power to control the look > and UX than winforms ever did.**** > > Thus irregular the tile size is to accommodate summarised data whose > details can be found by selecting the > tile. This is all fine and dandy. Now, what use is that to image > processing (photoshop), word-processing (word), > spread sheets (excel) and other productivity oriented applications? What > android did was introduce the option > of having widgets. This is (should be) the way forward for Linux. The use > of widgets and icons might be the future **** > > of Linux UI cause xaml certainly isn’t. **** > > ** ** > > by the way, have you used windows 8? Has anyone told you how ANNOYING > metro UI is to use with a mouse?**** > > Most people who have none-touch-enabled devices disable that feature and > it ends up looking like windows 7.**** > > ** ** > > Jake**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Jason Tumusiime > *Sent:* 18 November 2011 16:14 > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Where Linux sucks**** > > ** ** > > That's something jake. Imagine you were given windows 8 UI on top of > Linux, what do you think? . I'm sure > someone is about to tell me Linux is not the UI, but you get my point. I > am a sucker for beauty. > > **** > > Without a company like apple to POLICE the development of applications and > the appropriateness of apps, the metro > UI falls FLAT on its face and reveals itself to be nothing but a bunch of > tiles in one colour. The assumption that a user > will need TONNES of information at a glance leading to designation of > otherwise useless desktop real-estate to this > cause is something that I am sure Linux will catch up with.**** > > > I think you have a point but how about the assumption the user need to > access tonnes of information easily? > > -- > Jase**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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