Exactly. Once you get over the initial shock for the transition from the desktop to it (which I can assure you, was much worse in earlier builds – the desktop used to spin), you get used it. One more thing, our view is very skewed because we’re developers and use very “classic” bound apps. As more and more mainline apps become “metrofied” I think it will feel very natural to navigate whether using a mouse, keyboard or touch, and the transition between desktop and metro will become less frequent.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 5:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview I just started thinking of that metro screen as a full-screen start menu and my yearning for one went away. Joseph On 07/06/2012, at 9:58 AM, "Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I’m not sure I get the yearning for a start menu. Maybe I use it differently from others, but the metro screen lays out my commonly used apps nicely, and anything else I need I can find just by typing the first couple of letters of its name. The metro screen comes to the front when I hit the Windows button (like the start menu does in 7) and all my keyboard shortcuts work (and then some). Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 • Mob +61 (416) 134 993 • Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 • http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 9:41 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Bill McCarthy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: IMO, windows 8 is close, but it could be a lot better. I love the windows phone like UI **concept**, and I love the idea of the similarities between the different form factors, BUT the current release preview looks to me to be designed for content consumption not content creation. Where, for example, is My documents gone ? I think you're right - it is very close. The problem is that there is a lot of traditional desktop functionality that has become a casualty of MS' iPad fear. I reckon if the start menu came back and they got rid of the need for hot spots in the corners it could be a lot more usable. Metro vs desktop apps schism is pretty difficult to live with. -- David Connors [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
