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Disregard my questions. I just skimmed the section on windows management and it is as I feared. I don't really understand the Metro "intention(?)" for pcs(and

by DASD 14y ago

Disregard my questions. I just skimmed the section on windows management and it is as I feared. I don't really understand the Metro "intention(?)" for pcs(and I actually use and like Gnome 3 as my daily driver). I haven't used Windows 8 yet so pardon my possible silly questions. What's the experience of a Metro app on a large screen monitor...always fullscreen? The app is either running or not? Multiple Metro apps displayed/running simultaneously? Is Metro on by default for "pcs?"

usea 14y ago
What's the experience of a Metro app on a large screen monitor...always fullscreen? The app is either running or not? Multiple Metro apps displayed/running simultaneously? Is Metro on by default for "pcs?" Yes. Yes. Sort of. Yes, and you can't turn it off. You can run 2 metro apps at a time. 1 in fullscreen with the other "docked" in a limited mode to the side.
- DASD 14y ago
  Interesting. So doesn't sound possible to divide the screen such as for an editor/Word on one half and to read a PDF or use a browser on the other half?
  - contextfree 14y ago
    Not with Metro apps, on the desktop everything works the same though.
    - DASD 14y ago
      I already dread the number of times I anticipate seeing users with 24"/30" monitors running some Metrofied equivalent of Notepad or Calculator.
      - contextfree 14y ago
        In Windows 8, Notepad and Calculator are still desktop apps only.
Avalaxy 14y ago
Yes, metro apps are fullscreen. No menu bar or anything like that. So if you have some background tasks you won't be able to see if they're finished... And apps can be suspended or closed. Suspended is something like 'sleep mode'. They're still in your alt-tab menu (you can directly launch them). And regarding the last question: yes: metro is the default. When you boot up Windows you will see metro. And as far as I know there is no longer the option to remove it. Every time you need something you will return back to the metro start screen.
- contextfree 14y ago
  Apps with background tasks are generally supposed to pop up a notification when they're done (the APIs for the new notification popups are available for use by desktop apps too btw, although admittedly they probably won't be widely implemented for a while if ever).

by DASD 14y ago

usea 14y ago

What's the experience of a Metro app on a large screen monitor...always fullscreen? The app is either running or not? Multiple Metro apps displayed/running simultaneously? Is Metro on by default for "pcs?" Yes. Yes. Sort of. Yes, and you can't turn it off. You can run 2 metro apps at a time. 1 in fullscreen with the other "docked" in a limited mode to the side.

DASD 14y ago
Interesting. So doesn't sound possible to divide the screen such as for an editor/Word on one half and to read a PDF or use a browser on the other half?
- contextfree 14y ago
  Not with Metro apps, on the desktop everything works the same though.
  - DASD 14y ago
    I already dread the number of times I anticipate seeing users with 24"/30" monitors running some Metrofied equivalent of Notepad or Calculator.
    - contextfree 14y ago
      In Windows 8, Notepad and Calculator are still desktop apps only.

Avalaxy 14y ago

Yes, metro apps are fullscreen. No menu bar or anything like that. So if you have some background tasks you won't be able to see if they're finished... And apps can be suspended or closed. Suspended is something like 'sleep mode'. They're still in your alt-tab menu (you can directly launch them). And regarding the last question: yes: metro is the default. When you boot up Windows you will see metro. And as far as I know there is no longer the option to remove it. Every time you need something you will return back to the metro start screen.

contextfree 14y ago
Apps with background tasks are generally supposed to pop up a notification when they're done (the APIs for the new notification popups are available for use by desktop apps too btw, although admittedly they probably won't be widely implemented for a while if ever).