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Microsoft Giving Away Windows 8.1?
DevilsPGD wrote:
In the last episode of , "...winston?" said: DevilsPGD wrote: In the last episode of , Neil said: Window 8 has *3* GUIs; Metro, Desktop, and Apps. Which one do you feel wastes screen space, and why? The Windows 8 interface, formerly known as Metro (remember, Microsoft lost the rights to use the Metro name) Modern UI or aka Start Screen (fka Metro). What would you do if you could have extra real estate (screen space) on the Start Screen (e.g. view or add more tiles) ? Nothing. My point is more applications themselves. I have two 24" monitors, and under W8 I can open a single application full screen, on one monitor. That puts the approximate usable reading screen at around 50% of the screen's width, since longer lines are far less readable. 8.1 helps since you can split the screen 50/50, so that you can (for example) leave some documentation up on the left while you compose an email with instructions on the right. It's a step in the right direction, but it's far less flexible than being able to size applications appropriately and display whatever amount of information in a window makes sense. Ok...thanks for the explanation. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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