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Hi all,
I've seen videos of the new Windows 8 interface. To me it seems more like web-wide-web functionality, with greater depth of UI. As much as this is graphically impressive, the phrase 'if its not broken, don't fix it' springs to mind. I know people who still struggle with the SAME classic windows UI after ten years, people who have yet to grasp 'icons = 2clicks, hyperlinks = 1click", how will they fair with the new interface? My guess is that it will introduce yet further struggle for such users. But I might be wrong! Any thoughts? Ruaraidh |
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'world-wide-web' not 'web-wide-web' Mr Ruaraidh Petrie wrote: Hi all, I've seen videos of the new Windows 8 interface. To me it seems more like web-wide-web functionality, with greater depth of UI. As much as this is graphically impressive, the phrase 'if its not broken, don't fix it' springs to mind. I know people who still struggle with the SAME classic windows UI after ten years, people who have yet to grasp 'icons = 2clicks, hyperlinks = 1click", how will they fair with the new interface? My guess is that it will introduce yet further struggle for such users. But I might be wrong! Any thoughts? Ruaraidh |
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Mr Ruaraidh Petrie wrote:
Hi all, I've seen videos of the new Windows 8 interface. To me it seems more like web-wide-web functionality, with greater depth of UI. As much as this is graphically impressive, the phrase 'if its not broken, don't fix it' springs to mind. I know people who still struggle with the SAME classic windows UI after ten years, people who have yet to grasp 'icons = 2clicks, hyperlinks = 1click", how will they fair with the new interface? My guess is that it will introduce yet further struggle for such users. But I might be wrong! Any thoughts? Ruaraidh This is what it looks like, if you add "ClassicShell" to the OS. http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2395/classicshell.jpg http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/index.html You can still get "stuck" in a Metro application. I trigger them by accident, when trying to open certain file types. So that option does not completely remove Metro from a desktop computer. A Metro application takes over the whole screen. Paul |
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