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Windows 8 Designer Explains Why It Annoys You

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-had-one-job-ONE-JOB dept.
stmuk writes:

"BGR reflects on recent comments by a Metro designer. 'Metro is a content consumption space,' Microsoft UX designer Jacob Miller explains, 'It is designed for casual users who only want to check Facebook, view some photos, and maybe post a selfie to Instagram. It's designed for your computer illiterate little sister, for grandpas who don't know how to use that computer dofangle thingy, and for mom who just wants to look up apple pie recipes. It's simple, clear, and does one thing (and only one thing) relatively easily. That is what Metro is. It is the antithesis of a power user.'"

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Dopefish on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:44AM

    by Dopefish (12) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:44AM (#2249)

    I install Classic Shell [classicshell.net] in order to restore honest-to-goodness Start Menu as well as apply other more traditional desktop tweaks. Problem solved. :)

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by crutchy on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:48AM

    by crutchy (179) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:48AM (#2253) Homepage Journal

    i just use debian... with gnome fallback.
    just can't bear to let go of panels and desktop icons yet

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:22PM (#2367)

      Use XFCE, or MATE, or KDE. All of those have no plans to stop being desktop all-out.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Moru on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:13PM

    by Moru (1248) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:13PM (#2362)

    I installed windows 7 and problem was solved :-)

    • (Score: 1) by dgoodmaniii on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:23PM

      by dgoodmaniii (919) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:23PM (#2626) Homepage

      I installed Linux and the problem was solved. But wait; these things aren't *solving* the problem; they're *avoiding* it. A good thing, but a different thing.

    • (Score: 1) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:03PM

      by GungnirSniper (1671) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:03PM (#2853) Journal

      Except it will End-of-Life sooner than Windows 8 will. Considering Microsoft's prices are up and hardware is down, I'd rather pay MS as little as possible.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by MrGuy on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:03PM

    by MrGuy (1007) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:03PM (#2403)

    It doesn't annoy me anymore either. I switched to a Macbook Pro, with Windows 7 running in a virtual machine for the rare times I really need something that doesn't have a Mac version. Problem solved!