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I just hope there will be a way to entirely disable the Metro UI. I'm sure it'll be fine for small form factor devices, but it has absolutely no place on my hom

by jconnop 15y ago

I just hope there will be a way to entirely disable the Metro UI. I'm sure it'll be fine for small form factor devices, but it has absolutely no place on my home desktop. The new filesystem UI stuff is a welcome change, however. (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/23/improving-our-file-management-basics-copy-move-rename-and-delete.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/23/improving-our-...)

watmough 15y ago
Any particular reason? It does seem like if the WIMP interface to Metro can be made to work well, that many many users will flock lemming-like to Metro-style apps. As a developer, I want to be where the users will be.
recoiledsnake 15y ago
>.., but it has absolutely no place on my home desktop Why do you say that without even giving it a fair chance? They haven't even revealed how it will play with a keyboard and mouse.
- jconnop 15y ago
  You're right, I haven't given it much of a chance. It'll be re-evaluated time and again as we get closer to release, this is just my feeling at the moment. With 3 large monitors and lots of multi-tasking, I just don't see this being preferable to the desktop / window metaphor status quo. Not to mention 25TB of files to keep organised. I realise this will all still be possible by running the "desktop app" (explorer.exe?), I just don't expect to do anything but run that straight away. Again, I'm sure this will be excellent for small form factor and casual users (provided it's implemented well, which microsoft seems to be putting a lot of effort into), but for someone who uses a desktop for a large part of the day (for both work and otherwise) I don't see Metro as viable.
  - crenshaw 15y ago
    For a 3-mon system managing 25TB of data, I think explorer is what you'll use. I'll be shocked if there isn't a way to make explorer your default. If there isn't at lauch, someone will fix it.
    - cdh 15y ago
      They may also have difficulty getting large companies to upgrade unless the Metro UI is easy to disable. Lots of companies are still on XP because they considered 7 such a dramatic change; I'd guess that a forced major change to the entire UI could spell disaster for their Enterprise sales.
specto 15y ago
Hopefully we will be surprised that the UI on a desktop was also taken into consideration, which I assume Microsoft is doing since the desktop is their main platform at the moment.
runjake 15y ago
I would say "give it a shot, first". I find the Metro UI very attractive, but my wife (who is not into tech in the slightest) was turned off by it. And then I let her play with my WP7 Mango phone and her opinion completely turned around. A pretty good example of the contrast between user interface and user experience, in my book.
kenjackson 15y ago
I'm totally looking forward to using Metro. I want it on my laptop when I'm in consume mode on the couch. But when I go to the Office, back to WinLegacy mode.

by jconnop 15y ago

watmough 15y ago

Any particular reason? It does seem like if the WIMP interface to Metro can be made to work well, that many many users will flock lemming-like to Metro-style apps. As a developer, I want to be where the users will be.

recoiledsnake 15y ago

>.., but it has absolutely no place on my home desktop Why do you say that without even giving it a fair chance? They haven't even revealed how it will play with a keyboard and mouse.

jconnop 15y ago
You're right, I haven't given it much of a chance. It'll be re-evaluated time and again as we get closer to release, this is just my feeling at the moment. With 3 large monitors and lots of multi-tasking, I just don't see this being preferable to the desktop / window metaphor status quo. Not to mention 25TB of files to keep organised. I realise this will all still be possible by running the "desktop app" (explorer.exe?), I just don't expect to do anything but run that straight away. Again, I'm sure this will be excellent for small form factor and casual users (provided it's implemented well, which microsoft seems to be putting a lot of effort into), but for someone who uses a desktop for a large part of the day (for both work and otherwise) I don't see Metro as viable.
- crenshaw 15y ago
  For a 3-mon system managing 25TB of data, I think explorer is what you'll use. I'll be shocked if there isn't a way to make explorer your default. If there isn't at lauch, someone will fix it.
  - cdh 15y ago
    They may also have difficulty getting large companies to upgrade unless the Metro UI is easy to disable. Lots of companies are still on XP because they considered 7 such a dramatic change; I'd guess that a forced major change to the entire UI could spell disaster for their Enterprise sales.

specto 15y ago

Hopefully we will be surprised that the UI on a desktop was also taken into consideration, which I assume Microsoft is doing since the desktop is their main platform at the moment.

runjake 15y ago

I would say "give it a shot, first". I find the Metro UI very attractive, but my wife (who is not into tech in the slightest) was turned off by it. And then I let her play with my WP7 Mango phone and her opinion completely turned around. A pretty good example of the contrast between user interface and user experience, in my book.

kenjackson 15y ago

I'm totally looking forward to using Metro. I want it on my laptop when I'm in consume mode on the couch. But when I go to the Office, back to WinLegacy mode.