You're right, people rarely remember who invented something, its more often who made the biggest deal of it and got noticed first. The whole look at me thing. I'm sure the people on the Internet will set them straight. Who invented it is beside the point, the "trend" is now flat. All part of the Web 2.0
As Google has demonstrated, implementation can beat innovation. Take a good idea and implement it better. Will see how long I can NOT buy an iPhone for.. :) On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]>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 < >>> [email protected]> 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:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>> [email protected]] *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 <[email protected]> >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >
