when you say UI are you refereeing to the metro layout specifically?
yep, it's not that easy to get used to after using the normal layout for quite a few years, the rest is fine if you can get past Metro, it's a good OS, just a bad UI in Metro
yep, it's not that easy to get used to after using the normal layout for quite a few years, the rest is fine if you can get past Metro, it's a good OS, just a bad UI in Metro
I like Metro I was used to the concept of a full screen program menu from Gnome3.
yep, it's not that easy to get used to after using the normal layout for quite a few years, the rest is fine if you can get past Metro, it's a good OS, just a bad UI in Metro
Ok, hopefully there will be a program of sorts that can disable the Metro UI, in fact I'm sure someone is already working on it.
Welp, the OEM price is nice at any rate, i still dislike the UI, the underlying changes are great, now just remove that UI
I agree with you on Metro. The UI is pretty boring, and I'm glad that there will be a desktop mode so I can get away from it. Also, I don't even see how this is supposed to help professionals (unless the employees at restaurants start using Microsoft Surfaces ).
I think I'll develop for Windows 8, once the full product comes out and Visual ______ Express 2012 is out as well. I don't see why the full version Visual Studio has to cost a whopping $500 (in comparison to Xcode, which is free).
The last time I used it was a long time ago — developer preview, to be specific.
I think you were able to click the tile of a desktop (which had a fish as a background), or press your Windows key on your keyboard, and it would take you into an environment that looked more or less like Windows 7, sans the Start button. Isn't that considered Aero? Or did they take that out too?
No that's Metro.
Metro is not just the start menu its the whole UI system.
It may look like Aero but its metro.
The last time I used it was a long time ago (developer preview, to be specific).
I think you were able to click the tile of a desktop (which had a fish as a background), or press your Windows key on your keyboard, and it would take you into an environment that looked more or less like Windows 7, sans the Start button. Isn't that considered Aero? Or did they take that out too?
It looks like Aero, but Aero's not there. Just a look-alike.
The last time I used it was a long time ago (developer preview, to be specific).
I think you were able to click the tile of a desktop (which had a fish as a background), or press your Windows key on your keyboard, and it would take you into an environment that looked more or less like Windows 7, sans the Start button. Isn't that considered Aero? Or did they take that out too?
What start button? It is the hot corner now. (MWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAhHAHHAHAHAHHA)
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But they gutted the Aero start button to prevent people from adding it in.
So are we just calling it the Windows 8 desktop?
I know some news sites have called it a Metro desktop but I don't see any place where MS has officially called it that.
Links of proof:
http://windowsteambl...ailable-on.aspx
So yeah, Windows 8 is around the corner. What are your opinions? Are you excited? Do you not care? Leave comments below (duhh).
Welp, the OEM price is nice at any rate, i still dislike the UI, the underlying changes are great, now just remove that UI
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yep, it's not that easy to get used to after using the normal layout for quite a few years, the rest is fine if you can get past Metro, it's a good OS, just a bad UI in Metro
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I like Metro I was used to the concept of a full screen program menu from Gnome3.
Aero has been gutted from it Metro is the whole UI.
I agree with you on Metro. The UI is pretty boring, and I'm glad that there will be a desktop mode so I can get away from it. Also, I don't even see how this is supposed to help professionals (unless the employees at restaurants start using Microsoft Surfaces ).
I think I'll develop for Windows 8, once the full product comes out and Visual ______ Express 2012 is out as well. I don't see why the full version Visual Studio has to cost a whopping $500 (in comparison to Xcode, which is free).
The desktop is Metro.
Like the whole UI in 7 was Aero.
Microsoft gutted the Aero code and replaced with with Metro.
No that's Metro.
Metro is not just the start menu its the whole UI system.
It may look like Aero but its metro.
It looks like Aero, but Aero's not there. Just a look-alike.
Ninja'd. Goddammit Xaanos.
What start button? It is the hot corner now. (MWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAhHAHHAHAHAHHA)
Aero is still there for Windows desktop applications. Metro is the primary interface.
Aero and the DWM still exist, what changed is that the Aero Glass effect is no longer applied to windows by default.
Microsoft has said they moved beyond Aero but at least in this blog they just call it to the desktop.
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx?Redirected=true
But they gutted the Aero start button to prevent people from adding it in.
So are we just calling it the Windows 8 desktop?
I know some news sites have called it a Metro desktop but I don't see any place where MS has officially called it that.