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[xXgreatestever]

I was just thinking about this but because Windows 8 is more of a touch interface, won't websites start becoming more touch friendly (because Windows 8 is probably going to take over a large chunk of market share) which would then ultimately affect non-touch users. Meaning icons might become bigger, and things will just feel out of place for the conventional keyboard mouse/trackpad user.

[+littleneutrino]

It is a possibility however, There has already been an effort to make website more touch friendsly with how much usage they are seeing with Mobile and tablet browsers.

[Soldier 95B]

littleneutrino, on 25 January 2012 - 17:27, said:

It is a possibility however, There has already been an effort to make website more touch friendsly with how much usage they are seeing with Mobile and tablet browsers.

I think this is accurate. Google has been doing that with all their sites (Docs, +, Gmail). Large touch friendly interfaces for desktops and tablets.

[Anaron]

I think we may see more mobile/tablet-friendly versions sites once Windows 8 tablets start shipping. However, I don't think we'll see touch-friendly desktop versions of sites. If companies like Samsung or Acer start making touchscreen monitors, they'd likely make 20"+ models. And if you have a monitor that big, using your fingers to navigate the desktop version of a site shouldn't be hard.

[Zain Adeel]

I can say one thing.

Websites will look far better if they utilize the full screen display of devices.

In the Immersive UI.. There is no Chrome. Only Content.
So for a very pretty website. Using all the screen can end up with a beautiful and rich experience.
Like imagine facebook Status bar staying right on top taking all the width there. It will look so pretty without any Chrome. It will look like we are using Facebook as an App.

And thats exactly what i think will happen.
Every big site will release a HTML5 Appish version of their site. Which will be a site. But have a seperate tile and some extra features and will utilise the whole screen!!!.. Which will be just awesome!!!

Bigger text. Cleaner UI.. it will be like the future!.

Although more and more i think of it. I think multitasking like we do with multiple windows at a single time is on the way out with the direction Microsoft is headed.
And from a productivity point of view. Research shows we are more productive handling one task at a time.
So in the end it may not turn out to be a bad thing as most of the people here cry about.

[xXgreatestever]

Yeah but see now if companies do start making touchscreen monitors and such, would you suggest this touchscreen era has now entered it's peak in market, and will in a year or two be more of a massive technological 'refresh' for everybody. If that were to be the case, then I think websites will start to all become touchscreen, and a lot of the computers we own today will be outdated..which would suck. I'm a big fan of the MacOSX trackpad, think it's better than touchscreen and wouldn't want to have OS's really focusing on touch.

[Zain Adeel]

xXgreatestever, on 25 January 2012 - 17:45, said:

Yeah but see now if companies do start making touchscreen monitors and such, would you suggest this touchscreen era has now entered it's peak in market, and will in a year or two be more of a massive technological 'refresh' for everybody. If that were to be the case, then I think websites will start to all become touchscreen, and a lot of the computers we own today will be outdated..which would suck. I'm a big fan of the MacOSX trackpad, think it's better than touchscreen and wouldn't want to have OS's really focusing on touch.

Trust me on this.
Windows 8 works perfectly with a mouse and keyboard.
The Developer Preview worked ok. But from the videos and blogs ive read. They have hugely improved the experience with a Mouse and Keyboard. You will not be disappointed. It will work just as if we are in a browser clicking links and buttons. Not any different.

[firey]

Zain Adeel, on 25 January 2012 - 17:45, said:

I can say one thing.

Websites will look far better if they utilize the full screen display of devices.

In the Immersive UI.. There is no Chrome. Only Content.
So for a very pretty website. Using all the screen can end up with a beautiful and rich experience.
Like imagine facebook Status bar staying right on top taking all the width there. It will look so pretty without any Chrome. It will look like we are using Facebook as an App.

I disagree, I prefer windowed browsing, especially when I am doing other things on the computer. That's the problem with full screen, I like controlling multiple apps at one time, flip open a browser while waiting for something to load, with the browser in a window I can see what's happening in the back.

[ILikeTobacco]

The web will do what it has been doing for a while now. If a particular platform, whether it be the operating system or the browser, makes changes that require the site to change, but only for that particular platform, you will see multiple versions of the same site.

[I_Kaplan]

Internet is evolving, touch friendly interface on PCs would be amazing.

[Stokkolm]

I_Kaplan, on 25 January 2012 - 17:55, said:

Internet is evolving, touch friendly interface on PCs will be amazing.

Fixed that for ya ;-)

[I_Kaplan]

Stokkolm, on 25 January 2012 - 18:00, said:

Fixed that for ya ;-)

No need . That's if you understood me.

[winlonghorn]

xXgreatestever, on 25 January 2012 - 17:23, said:

I was just thinking about this but because Windows 8 is more of a touch interface, won't websites start becoming more touch friendly (because Windows 8 is probably going to take over a large chunk of market share) which would then ultimately affect non-touch users. Meaning icons might become bigger, and things will just feel out of place for the conventional keyboard mouse/trackpad user.

I wouldn't worry about that too much. If the site developer is smart, they will use common sense and implement feature and platform detection to determine if they should enable touch based content or not.

[techguy77]

No it wont. Metro concept will die in a year after Windows 8 Final release. That concept never took market in Windows Phone and before with Zune. It would be nice to do survey to see how many people will turn off Metro in their Windows 8 setups. I am sure MS has a way to collect that by analyzing users usage.

[Zain Adeel]

I have a solution for ppl who think they will not be able to be productive. Like waiting for an app to load.

I have a simple solution.
MS should allow all programs to give us a popup notification for these things. Like App loading. Or active window. Alerts. And all that.