Bold move from Microsoft

[KnightWRX]

For older people (35 and over) big icons with easy to decipher logos will make the experience easier.

Maybe you mean people in their 50s or older. People in the 30s have been using personnal computers since the DOS days.

Big icons just waste space.

Anyway, the issue here is not Metro itself, read the article, it's basically forcing Metro on the user and requiring manual intervention on each subsequent reboot instead of letting the user automate the process of switching back.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Big icons just waste space.

Have you seen their new logo? it looks like it was made in paint.

 

[boss.king]

Have you seen their new logo? it looks like it was made in paint.

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It reflects their new look though. I think they could have toned the colours down a little, but other than that it's completely functional.

 

[KnightWRX]

It reflects their new look though. I think they could have toned the colours down a little, but other than that it's completely functional.

I think the "all blue" look of Metro is atrocious myself. At least keep your YRGB color scheme, though Google pretty much ran away with it in the late 90s.

 

[boss.king]

I think the "all blue" look of Metro is atrocious myself. At least keep your YRGB color scheme, though Google pretty much ran away with it in the late 90s.

Haha, I didn't mean to make it blue like the WP8 logo. I too am growing a little tired of that colour scheme. I still stand by this logo, it's the right one for their current look.

 

[MorphingDragon]

I think the "all blue" look of Metro is atrocious myself. At least keep your YRGB color scheme, though Google pretty much ran away with it in the late 90s.

Oh Oh Oh.

It's so programming staff could do the UI stuff. Less Graphic Designers to pay.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I now have Windows 8 installed on one of my home PCs. I think the complaints about it being somewhat of a FrankenOS are warranted - the transition between new and old is a bit more jarring than it ought to be. However, at least in my opinion, what I've gained by upgrading outweighs what Microsoft took away. Here is a short list of what I like about Windows 8:

• File History
• Refresh and Reset
• The improved Task Manager

... and what I think needs improvement:

• Getting dumped unceremoniously into the desktop when launching an older app
• The method for getting to "All Apps" on the Start screen isn't the most intuitive
• The download size for Windows Minesweeper. Seriously, 100 MB?!

 

[thatisme]

Depends on the type of business and users
Many employees are opting to use their own Macs for work
My company Dell laptop sits on my desk and rarely gets used, I use my MBA instead
And FWIW, my company Blackberry sits in a drawer with calls forwarded to my iPhone

I am far more productive as an employee with my Mac/iPhone than I would be using the alternatives, and many others are taking notice as well

I do the same. I'm much more productive for work on my Mac than our corporately issued XP computers.

 

[blazerdude20]

Maybe you mean people in their 50s or older. People in the 30s have been using personnal computers since the DOS days.

Big icons just waste space.

Anyway, the issue here is not Metro itself, read the article, it's basically forcing Metro on the user and requiring manual intervention on each subsequent reboot instead of letting the user automate the process of switching back.

I did read the article. Perhaps not the smoothest of interfaces with it kicking you back to metro but ms is trying to push the new design mainstream.

Honestly i see the majority of people around me over 30 having serious issues navigating Windows other than launching IE and typing blahblah.com.

 

[Blackberryroid]

Removing the Start Menu is like Apple removing the dock in favor of Opening Applications through finder. With a redesigned look of finder. It may seem more beautiful, but in the end, it's harder to use.

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Have you seen their new logo? it looks like it was made in paint.

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That can actually be replicated in paint exactly, pixel per pixel.

Am I the only one who thinks that minimalistic and simple design is beautiful? Even Apple is simple.