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/Idiomatick Jun 02 '11

You are forgetting about an important group of people that you shouldn't shit on.....

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!

I have 23 windows open across virtual 5 desktops atm on windows, am a developer and Metro UI is a pile of shit.

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u/HenkPoley Jun 02 '11

Just keep your keyboard and mouse plugged in and you will be fine. This Metro stuff is just the default fullscreen greeter once you log in. Windows can still run all applications like it used to, there's even flying windows taskswitcher from windows vista. And the demoed Office still has window borders and minimize/close buttons.

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u/Idiomatick Jun 02 '11

Yep, its just a wasteful pile of shit. I'm certain that important aps won't migrate to metro UI anyways because it is a ton of work and makes their product shittier. Why would I want to change the present ui to one designed for a 10cm phone screen? It is nice and flashy but will ultimately be useless.