windows 8 Microsoft Drops Aero from Windows 8

[notuptome2004]

Has anyone thought that this is Aero Lite theme cause why would MS take away Full Aero glass it make no since this has to be the Aero lite UI

[Miuku.]

Have you ever tried OS X once in your life ? It has many ****ty things like no real fullscreen

Apparently you haven't either.

[protocol7]

Perhaps next they can remove all the colour and start using nothing but white, grey and black. Then the transformation back to the mid 80's will be complete.

Apple are well ahead in that game.

[Ravensky]

Another solid reason to stick with Windows 7... I can see Windows 8 being the new Vista, ME, etc.

[x-scratch]

Another solid reason to stick with Windows 7... I can see Windows 8 being the new Vista, ME, etc.

same here i'll stick with win 7

[Prosidius]

This needs to be OPTIONAL. Desktop users obviously don't need to worry about battery life and can thus run aero glass. I'm fine with Microsoft replacing the default theme in Windows 8 but they should still keep Aero glass to use.

[Melfster]

Isn't funny how every bitches moan when products are updated. This has always the been the case with Windows. It was thecase with mouse and the GUI. I still remember people screaming about the changes. My guess is in 3 to 4 years touch based computers are going to be the norm.

[Dot Matrix]

Did you notice that Microsoft changed the screenshot of the desktop in their blog.

The new screenshot doesn't show the new icon.

Compare this picture with the one in the first post (emphasis on the task bar area):

I didn't see that. No worries, there's a backup on my HDD if anyone wants a peek at the icon.

[Dot Matrix]

Isn't funny how every bitches moan when products are updated. This has always the been the case with Windows. It was thecase with mouse and the GUI. I still remember people screaming about the changes. My guess is in 3 to 4 years touch based computers are going to be the norm.

From the beginning of the BW8 blog:

Here are a couple of published expert opinions from early 1980s print publications about whether the mouse would catch on:

• ?Mice are nice ideas, but of dubious value for business users? (George Vinall, PC Week, April 24, 1984)
  
• ?There is no evidence that people want to use these things.? (John C. Dvorak, San Francisco Examiner, February 19, 1984)
  
• ?I was having lots of fun, but in the back of my corporate mind, I couldn't help but think about productivity.? (George Vinall, PC Week, April 24, 1984)
  
• ?Does the mouse make the computer more accessible, more friendly, to certain target audiences such as executives? The answer is no.? (Computerworld, October 31, 1983)
  
• ?There is no possibility that this device will feel more comfortable to the executive than the keyboard. Because of its ?rollability,? the mouse has the aura of a gimmick?? (Computerworld, October 31, 1983)
  
• ?The mouse and its friends are merely diversions in this process. What sounds revolutionary does not necessarily help anyone with anything, and therein lies the true test of commercial longevity.? (David A. Kay, Datamation, October 1983)
  

So, as you can see, the mouse was considered gimmicky, unnecessary, and not useful for mainstream use. On the other hand, some people are now asserting that the mouse is dead.

:D

[Rigby]

My guess is in 3 to 4 years touch based computers are going to be the norm.

Guess again. No one is going to sit at their computer and stretch their arms out to touch everything on their screen, imagine how tiring that would be, not to mention the fingerprints and sore fingers. I'm trying to imagine using Photoshop or playing Diablo III like that, lol.

The mouse is not going anywhere.

[butilikethecookie]

I didn't see that. No worries, there's a backup on my HDD if anyone wants a peek at the icon.

What is the new icon everyone is talking about? Something about MS Photoshoping it out or something. Anyway, look at his screen from W8B. Look how the tiles have changed. 1000% better than the CP imo.

[McKay]

What is the new icon everyone is talking about? Something about MS Photoshoping it out or something. Anyway, look at his screen from W8B. Look how the tiles have changed. 1000% better than the CP imo.

Yea, they seem to have a gradient to them, the tiles in the CP looked too flat for my liking, the Mail and Calender ones are the most obvious.

[Order_66]

This is classic, poor MS, damned if you do damned if you don't till the end. People moaned how the desktop and start screen don't match at all, now they're working to get the desktop to better fit with the start screen and you have a group moaning about those changes now. It never ends.

I think all of the changes are pretty much irrelevant to me, if windows 8 will boot to metro, and there's no way of changing it, then there's just no good reason to purchase it no matter what other changes they make to it.

[Order_66]

This needs to be OPTIONAL. Desktop users obviously don't need to worry about battery life and can thus run aero glass. I'm fine with Microsoft replacing the default theme in Windows 8 but they should still keep Aero glass to use.

When it comes to windows 8 Microsoft have their feet planted firmly in the air.

[Anthonyd]

I think all of the changes are pretty much irrelevant to me, if windows 8 will boot to metro, and there's no way of changing it, then there's just no good reason to purchase it no matter what other changes they make to it.

It's already possible in the CP, and Windows 8 server, but at the end of the day if you are ready to quit Windows because you have to press a single click at startup then you might have a problem :) Also it would be nice to you to learn how the Metro start screen works.

[Rigby]

It's already possible in the CP, and Windows 8 server, but at the end of the day if you are ready to quit Windows because you have to press a single click at startup then you might have a problem :) Also it would be nice to you to learn how the Metro start screen works.

A start menu that takes up the entire screen with giant tiles is dumb. That's ok for a tablet but a big desktop monitor? It's ridiculous.

Reminds me of how the Office 2010 open file menu covers the entire screen. Microsoft is off their meds.

[Dot Matrix]

A start menu that takes up the entire screen with giant tiles is dumb. That's ok for a tablet but a big desktop monitor? It's ridiculous.

Reminds me of how the Office 2010 open file menu covers the entire screen. Microsoft is off their meds.

People said the same thing about the Start Menu in Windows 95.

[Melfster]

Guess again. No one is going to sit at their computer and stretch their arms out to touch everything on their screen, imagine how tiring that would be, not to mention the fingerprints and sore fingers. I'm trying to imagine using Photoshop or playing Diablo III like that, lol.

The mouse is not going anywhere.

I didn't say they mouse is going away. Just like the keyboard didn't go away when the mouse was added. I just think touch is going to be added to computers thats all. Most computers sold nowadays are mobile computers not desktops and thats going to continue.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Regardless of what anyone thinks, I believe that they (Microsoft) know what they're doing, so I plan to keep on truckin' on and testing the CP as much as I can...that is, as much as my vhd on native hardware allows me (I've ran into some small issues such as games, for instance, not launching on a vhd....but I don't really care too much about that, I want to see what I'll be working on for the next few years more than anything I guess). I still haven't found the guts to use it as my main OS, no, but it's getting there....and they're (Microsoft) listening! Perfection isn't made in a day...or a year...it takes time and patience, which I find it not too common in the real world as much as it used to be (everything is supposed to be instant gratification, and that's just not how things work) Personally? I like the idea myself, never liked the whole glass concept....plus, I had to keep my hardware updated, which meant new purchases every few months just to keep up with the "Jone-ses". Good move, Microsoft. Way to get back into the groove again. </personal opinion>

[Singh400]

What in the actual ****? I love Aero. No, Microsoft - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Skyfrog]

People said the same thing about the Start Menu in Windows 95.

Windows 95 was a huge success when it launched. A quote from one single person saying they didn't like it doesn't mean much, especially compared to the massive amount of negative feedback Windows 8 is getting.

[benthebear]

This reminds me of Whistler.

[dagamer34]

Windows 95 was a huge success when it launched. A quote from one single person saying they didn't like it doesn't mean much, especially compared to the massive amount of negative feedback Windows 8 is getting.

It is impossible not to **** off any group of people when Windows is used by 1.2 billion users. If Neowin users had their way, WIndows 8 would be Windows 7++, which will eventually spell the death of Windows in the next 10-20 years.

[BumbleBritches57]

Comments like this always makes me laugh.

Have you ever tried OS X once in your life ? It has many ****ty things like no real fullscreen, lack of games etc.

Plus you'll lose all your software that have to be bought again/you'll have to find the mac equivalent and so on, so much for not staying with Windows 7/wait for Windows 8 RTM and try it!

You don't have a clue about what you're talking about, and I DO have extensive experience with Mac OS.

[BumbleBritches57]

Has anyone thought that this is Aero Lite theme cause why would MS take away Full Aero glass it make no since this has to be the Aero lite UI

Nothing Microsoft ever does makes sense. but I hope it is Aero Lite.