Windows 8: Metro, a leap forward or a leap back?
http://blog.cwl.cc/2012/03/windows-8-metro-leap-forward-or-leap.html
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Summary: In many ways Windows 8's Metro interface is like the transition from DOS to Windows, but this time we might say backwards.
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So, I think it's clear that Metro is a signal of us moving backwards into a more simplistic interface. What will become of the venerable Windows applications with buttons all over the place, toolbars, windows and all sorts other complication busy controls? Is is possible to pack all of that into a Metro interface application? I doubt it, but anything is possible. If we're looking to make generations of people who only know what the Metro interface looks like, what happens when they finally have to see the above application and use it? I see this same problem existing on OSX too. As it it iOS-ifies itself, we're left with (possibly) an interface that looks so much like that iPad that more complex applications won't exist or be usable. Could this push the class divide between the more technical folks and the non-savvy among us to even greater depths?
The program monopolized the computer and was generally always full screen
Again, very true for the Metro style of application. I think very shortly after the release of Windows
8, we'll have a whole host of people who will never encounter the Windows desktop or a traditional Windows application for the entire time they own a computer.
4. There was a limited amount of information that could be shown on the screen due to the technical nature of what was being displayed and how it was being used
This is true, but not because of a technical limitation. It's being limited by choice. When you're looking at a Metro application, you can't have a video running in the top corner, and also editing a file in the bottom corner. Metro apps are visually monopolistic by design.*********************************
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Programs "Monopolize" the screen...so no more "Multi-Tasking in Windows??????"
Again, very true for the Metro style of application. I think very shortly after the release of Windows
8, we'll have a whole host of people who will never encounter the Windows desktop or a traditional Windows application for the entire time they own a computer.
4. There was a limited amount of information that could be shown on the screen due to the technical nature of what was being displayed and how it was being used
This is true, but not because of a technical limitation. It's being limited by choice. When you're looking at a Metro application, you can't have a video running in the top corner, and also editing a file in the bottom corner. Metro apps are visually monopolistic by design.*********************************
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Programs "Monopolize" the screen...so no more "Multi-Tasking in Windows??????"
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