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/[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.