So, a lotta you hate Windows 8...

[HoochieMamma]

But soon they'll run with one program open!

Of course the Metro experience is going to make all our custom POS and Dispensing software run with ease, no one needs to multitask anymore! It's too cumbersome!!

[V23]

You're talking about the consumer preview right?

No, but nice troll :rolleyes:

[devHead]

haha, so what you like about Windows 8 is forced restriction and limitation, sounds like you don't even want an actual computer.

Yeah, I think he was being sarcastic.

[Gorilambo]

If Microsoft listened to half the people on Neowin, Windows 8 would be this.

Followed up by Windows 9

(Classic shell & start menu on by default of course)

My thoughts exactly.

[Albert]

all style. no substance. frankly i'm surprised i am talking about microsoft. not apple.

my. my. how the so-called mighty have fallen. and so so low.

[JaredFrost]

Yeah, I think he was being sarcastic.

You would think so, but he wasn't.

[Calum Veteran]

I'm sorry but that has got to be the stupidist set of posts I have ever read. "No need to have many apps open on the screen at any one time" really? what do you want people to use for computers? an ipad UI? Jesus christ, I cannot believe you defend microsofts actions like this so blindly. If you can't multitask with multiple applications open at once on your monitor you shouldn't even be using a computer. I have at least 12 things open at once here at work and need to have them all on the screen at the same time spanned over 2 monitors (need 3 infact for it to be easier to work with). It just doesn't make any sense why you would want to take a step back from this was of computing after soooo many years perfecting the desktop UI. It boggles my mind someof the things you write here.

There isn't anything stupid about those posts because it is merely my opinion. I think having 12 apps showing over two screens at the same time is ridiculous (it's just my opinion), no matter which apps they are. All I'm saying is that I like how Metro does things, and I like the restrictive nature of it because it ensures that I don't deviate from the more pleasant way of multitasking that the Metro experience provides, and the more pleasant workflow.

[FMH]

The interface in this video is extremely chaotic, and unintuitive. It is ridiculously gimmicky, and you would have a learn a lot.

And to top it all, it doesn't even look good! This is the only thing that would move me to the ChromeOS. :D

[JaredFrost]

There isn't anything stupid about those posts because it is merely my opinion. I think having 12 apps showing over two screens at the same time is ridiculous (it's just my opinion), no matter which apps they are. All I'm saying is that I like how Metro does things, and I like the restrictive nature of it because it ensures that I don't deviate from the more pleasant way of multitasking that the Metro experience provides, and the more pleasant workflow.

Funny how you want your opinion forced on to other people that don't share it.

[Calum Veteran]

Funny how you want your opinion forced on to other people that don't share it.

I don't, and I haven't ever suggested or stated I do. Please don't lie about me. Lying is an awful quality.

I'm just stating that I like how the Metro experience does things. Microsoft can't please everyone, and they won't hinder the evolution of software just to try to please everyone yet fail at doing so.

[Calum Veteran]

Yeah, I think he was being sarcastic.

I purposely wrote it in a way that would sound sarcastic, haha, but I was actually being serious. There are very good reasons as to why I think the Metro experience's limitations are beneficial to all computer users. As I mention, I believe the current way everyone multitasks with Windows is flawed, and I think the restrictions the Metro experience provide will lead to everyone multitasking in a more efficient manner, helping their productivity while simultaneously improving their overall user experience.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

If that were Windows 8 I would not have a problem with having it on my computer.

[MFH]

I purposely wrote it in a way that would sound sarcastic, haha, but I was actually being serious. There are very good reasons as to why I think the Metro experience's limitations are beneficial to all computer users. As I mention, I believe the current way everyone multitasks with Windows is flawed, and I think the restrictions the Metro experience provide will lead to everyone multitasking in a more efficient manner, helping their productivity while simultaneously improving their overall user experience.

Wow, just wow...

[Guest]

It's a fan made concept video from before the DP, possibly much older.

I hate this even more than I dislike actual Windows 8.

It looks terrible aesthetically and adds many superfluous features and effects which I can't see add any genuine value to productivity at all.

[Coi]

I don't get how people can even seriously answer to this question? Anyone who says this looks better than the current Windows 8 CP is likely totally blinded by hate. :/

[JaredFrost]

I don't, and I haven't ever suggested or stated I do. Please don't lie about me. Lying is an awful quality.

I'm just stating that I like how the Metro experience does things. Microsoft can't please everyone, and they won't hinder the evolution of software just to try to please everyone yet fail at doing so.

You very much stated so by saying you don't think there should be the option to choose Metro or not

And again, this evolution as you call it is opinion, I don't see it that way at all, I see it as the opposite

The only people Microsoft are trying to please here are themselves by trying to shoehorn their way

into the mobile market.

[HoochieMamma]

Wow, just wow...

I know, huh? I can't even be bothered anymore.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I don't get how people can even seriously answer to this question? Anyone who says this looks better than the current Windows 8 CP is likely totally blinded by hate. :/

Not necessarily, it's just that it maintains the features that we've come to know from a Windows OS, while still looking like progression. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the curved edges that were being shown, but for me it appears to work better for my needs than Metro does.

[JaredFrost]

This one still suffers from many of the problems I see with Windows 8 CP, poor/invisible menus and features, but it is still more intuitive than Windows 8 CP.

[Coi]

Not necessarily, it's just that it maintains the features that we've come to know from a Windows OS, while still looking like progression. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the curved edges that were being shown, but for me it appears to work better for my needs than Metro does.

That's the problem, it doesn't go beyond looking like progression.

I still prefer the Immersive UI because of usability, but actually it's almost the whole case reversed: While its looks don't appeal to quite some people, it's certainly way more useable than this concept.

[Calum Veteran]

You very much stated so by saying you don't think there should be the option to choose Metro or not

And again, this evolution as you call it is opinion, I don't see it that way at all, I see it as the opposite

The only people Microsoft are trying to please here are themselves by trying to shoehorn their way

into the mobile market.

They can't give an option, though. It just wouldn't work out well. They didn't give an option in Windows 95 for people to use the previous interface, just like they didn't provide an option in Windows Phone 7 for people to use the Windows Mobile 6.5 interface. I'm aware that Windows Phone is a different operating system to Windows Mobile, but essentially, the Metro experience of Windows 8 is a different operating system to Windows 7. There are valid reasons why companies don't forever allow users to use the previous interfaces of their products. There are reasons Facebook will ensure everyone uses Timeline, and there are reasons Microsoft didn't allow people to switch back to the MSN Hotmail version of Hotmail. It is not as easy as them just "giving users the option," like some people seem to think it is. One has to consider the possible technical support overheard, among many other factors.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

That's the problem, it doesn't go beyond looking like progression.

Of course it only looks like progression, it's a concept video. There are no details about anything other than the looks.

[Dapen]

Windows 8 works a lot better than that. I installed the consumer preview on my main desktop last night and liking it a lot. I uninstalled a lot of the metro apps and using the desktop ones like mail/messenger etc. The metro start screen is really nice for me and my work to organise apps I use more efficiently.

[trag3dy]

They can't give an option, though. It just wouldn't work out well. They didn't give an option in Windows 95 for people to use the previous interface, just like they didn't provide an option in Windows Phone 7 for people to use the Windows Mobile 6.5 interface. I'm aware that Windows Phone is a different operating system to Windows Mobile, but essentially, the Metro experience of Windows 8 is a different operating system to Windows 7. There are valid reasons why companies don't forever allow users to use the previous interfaces of their products. There are reasons Facebook will ensure everyone uses Timeline, and there are reasons Microsoft didn't allow people to switch back to the MSN Hotmail version of Hotmail. It is not as easy as them just "giving users the option," like some people seem to think it is. One has to consider the possible technical support overheard, among many other factors.

So instead of learning to manage how you work on your own you want forced restrictions? Seems kind of silly to me and doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but hey.. whatever floats your boat.

It's becoming "this is how you *have* to do something" instead of "this is how you *can* do something". Having options doesn't hurt anyone.

[kawasabi]

My thoughts exactly.

Yes, nothing wrong with that.