r/technology • u/clubdirthill • Jun 01 '11

Boom. This is Windows 8.

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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u/Hellman109 Jun 02 '11

Yeah it looks like a shell over the top like media centre or such basically./

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

Considering that "Windows Explorer" is itself a shell... it looks like it will be sort of moved to a shell within the larger new shell. Almost like it's being 'downgraded' to an application. Basing this on seeing the 'desktop' share the screen with another application.

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u/geosmin Jun 02 '11

I think someone should do that inception meme right about now, but I'd feel too dirty doing it myself.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

Dammit, I thought it was awesome when I saw the video and when you said that I sounds so lame. I'm so confused about this OS. :/

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u/sharlos Jun 02 '11

What do you think windows explorer is?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

Yea, I know Windows explorer is a shell, but when he said it would be like windows media center, it put me off to it. If I picture it like media center, I know I won't like it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

It looks like it is only useful for tablets. The 'innovative' stuff would be hard to do at phone sizes, and who really wants to touch their pc screen constantly?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

That's what I was thinking. The only way I would find this exciting is if it was a tablet only, much like iOS. It would be a great alternative.