So is this Metro tulip or what?
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostCan anybody work out how to actually close an application having started it? This is often the way with phones and tablets too: you can never figure out what's running.
Obligatory car analogy: most people don't want to have to know or care what gear their car is in. They want to press that pedal to make it go, and that one to make it stop. Only those who are actually interested in the car per se, rather than as a tool to get from A to B and back again, care about gears. (This may not be quite true of drivers in the UK, where automatic transmission has historically been less common, but almost all American drivers can't use a manual transmission. And, in fact, most UK drivers don't understand anything about gears, it's just something they had to learn to make the car go.)Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThat's because the system takes care of all that for you. Such devices are designed for normal people, who don't understand the idea of things running and being closed or open and all that; they just want a device that lets them do what they want to do, when they want to do it.
I was thinking about how my Dad would use it. He doesn't really understand about windows and the way more than one thing can be running at once*. He always closes whatever he's using before moving onto the next thing, and I think Metro would confuse him. It's not obvious how you close anything, and it's not obvious once you have something open how you get back to the menu to do something else. What it needs is a Android style back and home button on every screen, because normal people do generally understand that.
*He does understand gears though.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostThere is a registry tweak to turn the metro interface off,"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostRegistry? Tweaking? What on earth, with OS X I just start using it.Coffee's for closersComment
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Windows, Linux or whatever else I have the bulk of my work is done with a command line. Music software I need Win but no need to move away from Win7 or even XP for that.Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostRegistry? Tweaking? What on earth, with OS X I just start using it.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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I watched the keynote, I think they should split the OSes into desktop and tablet. But then there is probably no compelling reason to upgrade from 7.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThat's right, start using it and stop having any control over it.
I'm playing with IOS5 and iCloud at the moment, even in beta status it just 'works' Having said that, Pages or Numbers will never replace Word or Excel, unless they can open files without screwing formatting up...
Keynote pisses on Powerpoint though!
Really though, let's be honest, for sheer usability and pleasure of use, Windows is pants, Windows 7/8 is STILL Windows NT 3.5 - OS/2 with knobs on. Ok OSX is Unix (like) I know and that's old but it has stood the test of time.
Mac OS9, let's not go there!Comment
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Originally posted by russell View PostI watched the keynote, I think they should split the OSes into desktop and tablet. But then there is probably no compelling reason to upgrade from 7.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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