Usability expert tears apart Windows 8
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Usability expert tears apart Windows 8
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#2At the end, this is what matters:
I have great hopes for Windows 9 on mobile and tablets. Just as Windows 7 was “Vista Done Right,” it’s quite likely that the touchscreen version of Windows 9 will be “Windows 8 Done Right.” I’ll stay with Win7 the next few years and hope for better times with Windows 9. One great thing about Microsoft is that they do have a history of correcting their mistakes.
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#3All this bashing on Windows 8 reminds me of the first version of OS X, Cheetah. Apple proves the pundits wrong. I wish Microsoft the same.
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#4All this bashing on Windows 8 reminds me of the first version of OS X, Cheetah. Apple proves the pundits wrong. I wish Microsoft the same.
Yeah, but Apple is, despite their (myriad) flaws, pretty darn good at the "making a usable OS" game.
MS, well, not so much.
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#5All this bashing on Windows 8 reminds me of the first version of OS X, Cheetah. Apple proves the pundits wrong. I wish Microsoft the same.
Yea yea you like the underdog.. have you used windows 8?
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#6Blog post that Venturebeat links to: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/windows-8.html
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#7I think he's right in a way, and wrong in another way. The combination of metro and desktop programs being used together in Windows 8 is somewhat of a usability nightmare. However, only using one or the other primarily works great.
On my laptop for example, I primarily use the desktop features and regular programs. The only time I really touch the metro-styled areas is when I search for a program or file. This sort of a workflow is almost exactly like one would have on Windows 7, and isn't hard to grasp at all.
On a tablet, users would primarily use the metro-styled area (or only use it depending on their version of Windows 8 I guess). I suspect that this wouldn't be too mentally taxing, although I haven't tried it.
The problem then is that this kind of use still basically then divides Windows 8 into two different operating systems, which seems to go against Microsoft's goal of merging the UX on different devices. I don't know if there's a real answer to this - I guess we'll see in the next Windows version as the article states.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yea yea you like the underdog.. have you used windows 8?
have you?
Yes. And I liked it ( I was puzzled by the UI for the 3 first days.)
Besides usability and esthetical considerations, MS has done something very clever : Javascript as a first class citizen for building apps is a game changer.
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#10I've used Vista until now, but I'm planning on buying a new stationary computer soon, and I'll probably buy Windows 8, mainly for the improved security features (but also the improved speed/boot time, file copy dialog, Reset & Refresh and File History). From what I hear, it's possibly to largely ignore the Metro interface, which is what I plan to do.
Would anyone who's used Windows 8 recommend me to buy Windows 7 instead?