Posted on 10/19/2012 7:26:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We've had our hands on a Samsung Series 7 Windows 8 tablet PC for the past couple of weeks.
Microsoft just might have a winner on its hands with Windows 8.
But that's only if users are willing to forgive Microsoft for the many stupid design mistakes it made with its new operating system.
There's a big learning curve to Windows 8, just like there is for most new tech. The thing that's particularly infuriating is that so many of these things should be intuitive.
* You have to relearn stuff like how to close a file and an app. The familiar "X" is gone. Now you have to tap a window until it changes size, then drag it to the bottom of the screen, and for some reason, this doesn't always work with every app.
* You have to find the secret way to see your open windows: Grab a window, swipe it to the right, THEN swipe it back to the left until it magically changes into the open windows list.
* You can swipe screens to the right to move through each window in the order you opened them. But you can't swipe to the left to move forward.
Insane. Infuriating. But here's the thing. None of that matters. Because eventually, users will learn that stuff. And that's where the brilliance of Windows 8 comes in.
Because the full operating system, the one that runs on an Intel chip, is both a full-fledged PC and a tablet.
With this one device, a typical knowledge worker, student, or home-office worker has everything in one device.
The PC can run Windows 7 software (even if the new user interface for Windows 7 is a little clunky). They also have a touchscreen and portable device for playing games, reading,
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Point missed.
It looks like an operating system for morons.
Win7 was bad enough with the ridiculous ribbon menues. And the ‘links’ are no longer obvious (as in a buttons). Instead, one has to move the mouse pointer all over the screen to ‘discover’ ahhhh! there’s the link. And their file explorer that jumps around and hides items is another problem.
“The familiar “X” is gone. Now you have to tap a window until it changes size, then drag it to the bottom of the screen, and for some reason, this doesn’t always work with every app.”
Just dang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Z_qG6YJIM
ZZ TOP - Heard It On The X
It's a box of swithes.
If it offends your delicate aesthetic sensibilities to look at it, buy somehting else.
The excuse would be that it is helpful on a small cellphone screen, but on a full PC or tablet screen, you’re right it is very unnecessarily jarring and untranquil.
You got that right, such a hideous waste of space.
Tile sizes can be changed if you wish. I’ve been using Win 8 for over 6 months and I really like it. Become more intuitive the more you use it and it is a great hybrid between the ipad and fully functioning PC.
I’m not big into this stuff, I only want it all to work...but you’re right. Looks like shi’ite, even to me.
Their next legal claim will be that touching a computer screen, even if it produces no response by the computer, is a violation of their copyright, and spelling the word “apple” is a trademark violation.
ME was an unmitigated disaster, but Vista was not. I have never understood the intense hatred for Vista. Granted, I picked it up after SP1, but it was just as flawless as 7 has been.
in·tu·i·tive – adjectiveWhich means we need to know what intuition is:
- perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.
- perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition: intuitive knowledge.
- having or possessing intuition: an intuitive person.
- capable of being perceived or known by intuition.
in·tu·i·tion – noun
- direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
- a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
- a keen and quick insight.
- the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
- Philosophy.
- an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
- any object or truth so discerned.
- pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
No, thank you.
I have a Vista laptop and PC for years now (both Dell’s)...I have had zero OS problems with them. I just replaced the motherboard in the PC myself and got it back up and running without any major brain damage.
Looks like a screen designed by lawyers. “We have to make it this ugly so that Apple doesn’t try to sue us for patent infringement.”
WTH??? MS needs to fire some people here!
First the screw up Office with that cryptic, useless “ribbon” interface. Now, they’ve decided to dumb down Windows with the Playskool interface. That is downright kindergarden-ish. Something I’d buy for a 2 year old!
What about Bob?
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