Doug's Mailbag: Metro Hate
Here are some strongly opinionated thoughts on Microsoft's new Windows 8 interface:
I really want to like the metro interface but I see a lot of problems with it on the desktop. For a start, everything seems to have a big 10-foot interface -- OK, maybe not that bad, but not great for big monitors on a PC (fine for a tablet).
And this insistence on full-screen for everything... There's so many times where I need to have two or more windows up (I know there's the possibility of two, but it seems clunky). For example, just now I had a browser window open with a mathematical formula, a calculator open to calculate with that formula and a notepad to write the results. How will I do that on metro? Constantly flicking between them?
-Pete
I'm a retired computer consultant and have been using Windows since v. 3.1. But I stopped upgrading after XP and will switch completely to Linux after MS stops fixing XP bugs. These constant interface upgrades have all struck me as a complete waste of my time. Why MS didn't simply add new hooks in XP for new features is beyond me.
-Richard
Might as well bring back Microsoft Bob. The metro interface is for pure idiots
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Posted by Doug Barney on 03/23/2012 at 1:19 PM