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I think this is going to go over like a lead balloon for the significant population of Windows users who are UI-blind. They do not know how to pin apps to the
by jpxxx 14y ago
I think this is going to go over like a lead balloon for the significant population of Windows users who are UI-blind.
They do not know how to pin apps to the taskbar, they do not know any keyboard combos, they do not press the Start key on the keyboard, they do not realize they can search for apps, and they have certainly never pressed the mouse pointer against the screen's edge to make UI appear.
The one inviolate, signature, fundamental interaction with Windows since 1995 has been clicking on the Start button, and now it's being replaced with a giant, whirling explosion of colored panels and secret UI.
Their explanations don't pass the smell test, and I think this is a product-breaking change. I'd like to know the real reason why.
- vibrunazo 14y ago> I'd like to know the real reason why. My guess is their plan is to try to leverage their desktop dominance into mobile. By forcing existing desktop users into their mobile experience. And hope that'll be familiar enough to buy old windows users into their mobile ecosystem, but not different enough to scare them away to a different desktop. The start menu is just one of the many pieces that doesn't work well on mobile. So they'll also get rid of it on the desktop, hoping that'll get desktop users familiar with WP. Yea, a bad plan, but I guess that's their vision.
- jpxxx 14y ago"We took away this thing you know and replaced it with five things you don't on the theory that you'll be so delighted with the changes that you'll be more willing to purchase a less essential product from us in the future." That is a gamble.