Steven W
2014-02-20 03:50
Forum: The lounge
Topic: More thoughts on saving MS (probably not worth the space)
Replies: 8

No offense, but look at full Android, Chorme OS, or at Windows Phone. Look at the most stellar example, iOS. Scorpius, you say that Android is more open, in a sense that's true, but let me ask, how do you get your application to a *typical* Android user without using the Android Store? Are they goin...
Steven W
2014-02-19 23:12
Forum: The lounge
Topic: More thoughts on saving MS (probably not worth the space)
Replies: 8

I think you're misinterpreting my points. I'm not running scared, I've hated the direction that MS has taken Window post 2000. I don't mind XP as I can work around most of it and it's not that bad. There's been some good in the more recent Windows, but in my eyes not much (at least as a strictly des...
Steven W
2014-02-19 04:26
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Windows 8 UX designer speaking about Metro
Replies: 3

A great example is multiple desktops. This has been something that power users have been asking for for over a decade now. OSX has it, Linux has it, even OS/2 Warp has it. But Windows doesn't. The reason for this is because every time we try and add it to the desktop, we run user tests; and every t...
Steven W
2014-02-19 04:05
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Windows 8 UX designer speaking about Metro
Replies: 3

Glad you brought this up. Something further: Now that the casual users are aware of their new pasture, we can start tailoring. It will be a while before the power users start seeing the benefits of this (that's why I said they'd benefit in the long run). Right now we still have a lot of work to do o...
Steven W
2014-02-19 03:42
Forum: The lounge
Topic: More thoughts on saving MS (probably not worth the space)
Replies: 8

More thoughts on saving MS (probably not worth the space)

Forgive me if this is rambling, Let's fact facts, the locked down OS is the future. The sheeple won't revolt. The average Desktop/Laptop user would have happily accepted a locked down Windows if it looked like the old one. They may have accepted some changes to it too provided the changes were imple...
Steven W
2014-02-19 02:25
Forum: The lounge
Topic: What Microsoft does not understand
Replies: 17

I had to collect my thoughts too. I think I have and am going beyond your intent with this post . You're right, they don't get it. To be honest, I'm actually agreeing with everything you're saying. I'm am referring to Desktop/Laptops when I say "PC" and you're absolutely right, I shouldn't...
Steven W
2014-02-18 04:50
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Xbox One - Those fucking tiles and fools
Replies: 11



You would've thought someone could have thought usernames through.
Steven W
2014-02-18 04:31
Forum: Fool's design, editorials.
Topic: Xbox One - Those fucking tiles and fools
Replies: 11

Oh dear God! I can't stop laughing:

Steven W
2014-02-17 05:03
Forum: The lounge
Topic: What Microsoft does not understand
Replies: 17

Let me go a bit further, as always feel free to disagree. Not that I could or would want to stop you The PC is dying, Microsoft may have hastened that with Windows 8, but nonetheless... Microsoft is wanting to push online services more and more. Imagine the overhead that MS has in maintaining all th...
Steven W
2014-02-17 04:01
Forum: The lounge
Topic: What Microsoft does not understand
Replies: 17

You guys seem to be dancing around something that's been in the back of my mind too. Would it be such a horrible thing if Microsoft actually let Windows as we know it just die? I'm not saying immediately, but over the long haul. Switch to a BSD kernel, develop a interface for a phone or perhaps star...