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Microsoft Set To Do A U-Turn On Windows 8
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/microsoft-announce-windows-8-rework-in-biggest-product-uturn-since-new-coke-8605776.html
It is good that they admit they've gone wrong with this Operating System, trying to force the Metro UI onto people who didn't really want it.
Also removing the Start Button for no good reason.
It is good that they admit they've gone wrong with this Operating System, trying to force the Metro UI onto people who didn't really want it.
Also removing the Start Button for no good reason.
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Reminds me of Vista and the over the top UAC that was irritating beyond belief. At least in 7 they've softened it and I don't mind it.
It's just a plain fact that business users won't move to windows 8 in it's current form, so they really haven't had much choice.
An app store on the desktop is a great idea, but they need to do it properly and include the ability for installing proper desktop apps like on the mac. I don't know why they struggle and it has got a bit better over time but it always seems to take an age to install any Microsoft application.
( I remember the hours it took installing visual studio 2003 )
If its an app that is on the metro and desktop like Skype it should install both versions.
As for Windows RT, I have Surface RT and it's really nice, but it's still in the middle of the road. There's a desktop part that looks just like the big WIndows desktop, one has to revert to when there's no Modern UI for a particular functionality. Office is not RT, it's native ARM, too, so it needs the desktop. They either have to implement the necessary functionality in Modern UI and remove the desktop or make it more useful. It looks unfinished.
Like many here, I've been in IT for many years. I accept that change must happen, and at times it's painful. However, it soon became obvious to me that the metro/modern UI is tricky to learn as it's not intuaitive. It's a shame as the interface on Windows Phone is brilliant.
I can see options to use all desktop apps by default and bypassing Metro but the default will still be Metro and Windows Store Apps.
Seriously poor "journalism".
From the article:
"Microsoft's head of marketing and finance, Tammy Reller, confirmed the plan in an interview with the Financial Times, admitting that many users had struggled to master the new operating system. “The learning curve is definitely real,” she said."
Just about everyone did.:D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22439496#TWEET747227
And they stuck their fingers in their ears while going LA LA LA LA LA.
http://news.sky.com/story/1087833/is-microsofts-windows-8-as-bad-as-critics-claim
Imagine after surviving Vista and making W7 they all patted themselves on the back then they all went back to their drug induced sessions for W8. I guess they're back in rehab now ready for a clean go at W9/ Blue or whatever they'll call it.
They'd better not call it blue, as it reminds me of 'Blue Screen of Death'.
It's probably the laughing stock of the business world. Everyone I know in university who has the misfortune to use W8 hates it. I recommended Classic Shell to some of them. My university doesn't support Vista either and they never did. Even my mother, who is not the most computer literate of people, says it's rubbish and she's glad she managed to get a computer with Windows 7.
Hopefully those struggling with the desktop will get their wish, but, I think it might be best to wait until something new is reported.before the glee club meets.
You have to be kidding, when the head of markting for windows is directly quoted as saying
“The learning curve is definitely real and we need to address it,”
Then you know there is a problem.
I suspect they haven't fully worked out how to address the issue fully yet so there may be scant details on the update for a little while yet.
"Tammy Reller, head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, announced a retreat, admitting that the software had defeated many users. “The learning curve is definitely real and we need to address it,” she said."
The extent of the media condemnation of Windows 8 today is also on an unprecedented scale for a computer-related product.
It's not at all new - Sinofsky mentioned repeatedly that there would be a learning curve and they would need to do user education campaigns etc.
He likened opposition to the metro UI to opposition to the mouse when it was first introduced to windows. He spoke of the learning curve for people going from 3.1 to 95 and they put a big arrow pointing to the start button.
When you make a drastic change instead of a gradual one, there will always be a learning curve. People don't seem to mind undergoing some tutorials when they switch to Mac. Apple's One-to-One and group tuition offerings are seen as a positive not as a sign OS X is terrible.
It's not necessarily bad for there to be something of a learning curve as long as the education is put in place. The issue was that the education wasn't put in place - the tutorial video on Windows start-up was rubbish and easily missed. The OEMs didn't really put any effort in on this front either. The retail staff were, as always, poorly trained (though it does seem to be getting better).