On Jun 1, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
> It does seem obvious that the Metro version is not seriously intended
> for use by desktop business applications. Combine that with the fact
> that their first release was a 'Developer Preview', and I conclude that
> the primary reason for Metro was to provide a development environment
> for portable devices.
The central problem is that Microsoft is trying to create a
touch-centric interface when the majority of devices out there don't support
touch. Apple, in contrast, started pushing trackpads and touch mice a few years
ago, and then started to move OS X to be more like the iOS. I'm running Lion,
and have long ago ditched my mice for trackpads, and I find that I'm now much
faster using gestures because I've had years to get used to the concept. The
gestures that I use on my trackpad in OS X are the same that I use on my iOS
devices; if I were using a mouse with a scroll wheel, it wouldn't be anywhere
near as easy.
-- Ed Leafe
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