!, 2013-04-15 08:26 »
Fix or dump Windows 8
Users still need PCs and always will because their larger screens, better keyboards and faster processors make them infinitely better at multitasking and productivity tasks than tablets. By burying the multi-window desktop in favor of full-screen apps with low- information density, Windows 8 turns your PC into a unitasker. You can actually get a better multitasking experience view with the Dual View feature on Samsung's Galaxy 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II, which lets you split the screen evenly between two apps, than with Windows' new Modern UI, which gives you just one full screen app plus a sliver of a second.
Usability Expert Says Windows 8´s UI is "Weak on Tablets, Terrible for PCs".
..."The main UI restricts users to a single window, so the product ought to be renamed 'Microsoft Window,'" Nielsen writes, arguing that that experience may work well on a mobile device, but it doesn't make sense on a desktop PC. Ouch! From there, he goes on to criticize the overly active design of Live Tiles, the way the "flat" Modern design fails to give visual clues where a user should click, the emphasis on big pictures as opposed to tight information density, error-prone touch gestures, and the out-of-sight, out-of-mind Charms bar.
The disease spawning all these symptoms, Nielsen contends, is Microsoft's decision to shoehorn a tablet experience onto the desktop interface, despite the gulf in hardware design between the two form factors:
Windows 8 on mobile devices and tablets is akin to Dr. Jekyll: a tortured soul hoping for redemption. On a regular PC, Windows 8 is Mr. Hyde: a monster that terrorizes poor office workers and strangles their productivity.
I think this image says it all about Windows 8, *LOL*:
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[quote][b]Fix or dump Windows 8[/b]
Users still need PCs and always will because their larger screens, better keyboards and faster processors make them infinitely better at multitasking and productivity tasks than tablets. By burying the multi-window desktop in favor of full-screen apps with low- information density, Windows 8 turns your PC into a unitasker. You can actually get a better multitasking experience view with the Dual View feature on Samsung's Galaxy 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II, which lets you split the screen evenly between two apps, than with Windows' new Modern UI, which gives you just one full screen app plus a sliver of a second.[/quote]
[url=http://blog.laptopmag.com/usability-expert-says-windows-8s-ui-is-weak-on-tablets-terrible-for-pcs]Usability Expert Says Windows 8´s UI is "Weak on Tablets, Terrible for PCs"[/url].
[quote]..."The main UI restricts users to a single window, so the product ought to be renamed 'Microsoft Window,'" Nielsen writes, arguing that that experience may work well on a mobile device, but it doesn't make sense on a desktop PC. Ouch! From there, he goes on to criticize the overly active design of Live Tiles, the way the "flat" Modern design fails to give visual clues where a user should click, the emphasis on big pictures as opposed to tight information density, error-prone touch gestures, and the out-of-sight, out-of-mind Charms bar.
The disease spawning all these symptoms, Nielsen contends, is Microsoft's decision to shoehorn a tablet experience onto the desktop interface, despite the gulf in hardware design between the two form factors:
[quote]Windows 8 on mobile devices and tablets is akin to Dr. Jekyll: a tortured soul hoping for redemption. On a regular PC, Windows 8 is Mr. Hyde: a monster that terrorizes poor office workers and strangles their productivity.[/quote][/quote]
[b]I think this image says it all about Windows 8, *LOL*:[/b]
[attachment=0]win8desktop.png[/attachment]