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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 engblom on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:52AM

    by engblom (556) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:52AM (#2256)

    I am working for a computer shop and I end up fixing customers computer. What I noticed is you need to know a bit more about computers to manage well with the Metro UI.

    It is far from obvious to switch task up in the left corner. I did not know about this for a long time. What I just used was the old Alt-tab in lack of other obvious means. Okay, kids probably know about Alt-tab for quickly hiding the browser window, but the rest do not know about it.

    It is also far from obvious how to close a program. As an old computer user I knew Alt-F4 would do it, so I got it done.

    Also, how do you shut down the computer? Well, for an experienced user it is not that difficult to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and then shutdown the computer.

    The list just continues and all I can say is that they failed badly and you really have to be a bit above average to manage with Metro.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Hyper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:24AM

    by Hyper (1525) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:24AM (#2273) Journal

    Shutting down in Windows8 is easy. Just create a shortcut on the desktop with the following target:

    C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /f /t 4

    or hold the computer power button for 10 seconds.

    • (Score: 1) by Landon on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:17PM

      by Landon (45) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:17PM (#2555) Journal

      It took me a while to find this one, but put your mouse in the top right corner, go down to Settings and then select the power option. (I did have the shutdown.exe shortcut on my desktop for a few months first though... :$ )

      • (Score: 1) by Jaruzel on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:04PM

        by Jaruzel (812) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:04PM (#2790) Homepage Journal

        Tsk. You N00bs. :)

        Bottom left corner, right click. A surprisingly useful menu appears full of lots of goodies. On it choose 'Shutdown or sign out >'.

        Right clicking on a corner with no visual indicator that there's something there must be REALLY obvious in MS land, or something... *mind boggles*

        -Jar

        --
        This is my opinion, there are many others, but this one is mine.

        • (Score: 1) by Hyper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:12PM

          by Hyper (1525) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:12PM (#2866) Journal

          Bottom left corner? Right click? D'uh! How could I possibly have missed that?

          Obviously my years in IT have been a complete waste. I should start again in a new field, wookworking perhaps :p

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:40PM (#2977)

          Of course, for that to be possible you need to be using a mouse rather than a touchscreen. So much for that unified interface...

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:48AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2014, @02:48AM (#3091)

            Upgrade tablets to have mouse cursor and virtual right click button pad

            If SCUMM can do it then google can!

      • (Score: 1) by Hyper on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:16PM

        by Hyper (1525) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:16PM (#2804) Journal

        This may be a case calling for a *whoosh* HOWEVER... I never found the shutdown command under Power. Only learnt about it while reading forums full of people complaining about the hidden parts of Windows 8.

        Pride would not let me search the internet for something so basic as shutting down windows so I spent the first few days trying to figure it out for myself. Oh well. Perhaps I would have accidentally found it one day.

    • (Score: 1) by meisterister on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:32PM

      by meisterister (949) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:32PM (#2971) Journal

      Nonononononono! That takes far to long! All you have to do is unplug the unholy abomination and then drive a stake through its hard drive!

      --
      (May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.

  • (Score: 1) by joshuajon on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:47PM

    by joshuajon (807) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:47PM (#2659)

    What is this "computer shop" you talk about? Is that some type of analog Newegg?