Win Key + X ;-) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013 10:56 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Is Surface really failing?
Windows 8 is a really hard UI to figure out yourself. I only learned a couple of days ago that you can right-click in the bottom left corner of the desktop and get a power user menu! For tablet use, it actually does work pretty well. There are gestures (like swiping in from the screen borders) that you can't replicate with a mouse/keyboard. However for a regular laptop/desktop, I really don't see the benefit of Windows 8 UI over Windows 7. I can't say that I like Windows 8 UI yet, but I'm disliking it less and less now that I have a "designed for Win 8" tablet. Cheers Ken From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Richards Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013 9:12 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Is Surface really failing? I have to say, I'm really surprised anyone could ask this. I don't know a single person that likes windows 8. I don't mean they think "yeah its ok but windows 7 is better", I mean they think "hate, loath, detest". It is one of the worst user interfaces I've seen, second only to itunes. When I first tried windows 8, I intentionally made sure I didn't read anything about it. I literally was unable to use it for a full 30 minutes! I could click on enormous, 20 cm buttons to run an app and that was it. I eventually gave up and went to google, only to discover there is a magical, invisible button about 5 pixels wide in the corner. Really!? Who thought that was a good idea? Go to Android or iOS and a child could figure them out in minutes. My two year old was confidently using both in minutes. I have no doubt he would have gotten stuck in windows 8 in seconds. Regardless of your opinion on the style (I personally don't like the style formally known as metro), it is not a UI that a person could figure out just by looking at it. People have to be told how to use it. Consequently, it will always fail in comparison to the others.
