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Quoting from the article: "It's initially confusing but I have been using it every day all day since it was released and have got myself productive again." In

by cs702 14y ago

Quoting from the article: "It's initially confusing but I have been using it every day all day since it was released and have got myself productive again." In other words, it's just like learning to use a different OS!

eckyptang 14y ago
I think it's more: "In other words, it knackered my productivity for a while". This is not acceptable. Also, don't forget Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft in the web platform team, so I'd say that is enough bias to ignore the article.
- leddt 14y ago
  Ignore the article ? It's just tips on how to use Win8 effectively, meant to help you get started with it. If you don't plan on using Win8, okay, you can ignore it. Besides, of course he's not gonna bash the product, but Scott usually won't lie to your face about how good something is if he thinks it's crap.
  - eckyptang 14y ago
    Sorry I should have put "ignore the positive tone of the article". I have used Windows 8 for the last 6-7 days and regardless of this information, it's still a pain to use. The learning curve doesn't go away that easily.
corporalagumbo 14y ago
So Microsoft should be condemned for, after 20 years or so of WIMP, trying something really new?
- davidwparker 14y ago
  I don't think cs702 is saying that. I'm guessing that he means it's like learning something completely different. My parents and my in-laws already had a ton of grief with changing from Office 2003 to Ribbon, when it came out; They also had trouble with XP -> 7. When they use my wife's MBP, they also have trouble. I'm pretty sure it's not going to be easy for them to use 8.
  - corporalagumbo 14y ago
    Change is good. Has to happen sometime. Can be difficult to get used to but thats not a reason to avoid change, just to think about how to smooth transitions.
- gizmo686 14y ago
  No, but they should follow the GNU/Linux model of desktop UIs: have them be a seperate program and allow the user to choose which one (s)he wants to log into, and allow the user to install one from a third party, as apposed to having it be an irreplacable part of the OS. I believe (weakly) that OS X treats window managers the same way Linux does.
  - acdha 14y ago
    > No, but they should follow the GNU/Linux model of desktop UIs Not to completely dismiss this but … have you noticed how much extra burden this places on developers and how this is almost always cited as one of the reasons why the OSS desktop experience isn't as good as OS X? There are many parts of the desktop experience which require more than cursory integration and that becomes a much harder problem to make generic and plugable.
    - gizmo686 14y ago
      > There are many parts of the desktop experience which require more than cursory integration and that becomes a much harder problem to make generic and plugable. Do you mind mentioning some examples. My desktop runs Awesome, but I make extensive use of Gnome widgets and programs. The fact that these work out of the box without issue, despite the fact that they were developed to be part of the Gnome desktop, seems to suggest that the standards work fine. Besides, thinking back to when I used Windows, I cannot think of an application/desktop integration that does not work on Linux. I always imagined that OS X had a "better" experience because it had teams of developers whose job it was to make it have a better experience for the user. Also, never liked the OS X experience, icons don't automatically un-clutter in folders, it is difficult to tell the difference between what is and isn't running, and I still cannot figure out how to reliably rename a file without using the terminal.
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by cs702 14y ago

eckyptang 14y ago

I think it's more: "In other words, it knackered my productivity for a while". This is not acceptable. Also, don't forget Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft in the web platform team, so I'd say that is enough bias to ignore the article.

leddt 14y ago
Ignore the article ? It's just tips on how to use Win8 effectively, meant to help you get started with it. If you don't plan on using Win8, okay, you can ignore it. Besides, of course he's not gonna bash the product, but Scott usually won't lie to your face about how good something is if he thinks it's crap.
- eckyptang 14y ago
  Sorry I should have put "ignore the positive tone of the article". I have used Windows 8 for the last 6-7 days and regardless of this information, it's still a pain to use. The learning curve doesn't go away that easily.

corporalagumbo 14y ago

So Microsoft should be condemned for, after 20 years or so of WIMP, trying something really new?

davidwparker 14y ago
I don't think cs702 is saying that. I'm guessing that he means it's like learning something completely different. My parents and my in-laws already had a ton of grief with changing from Office 2003 to Ribbon, when it came out; They also had trouble with XP -> 7. When they use my wife's MBP, they also have trouble. I'm pretty sure it's not going to be easy for them to use 8.
- corporalagumbo 14y ago
  Change is good. Has to happen sometime. Can be difficult to get used to but thats not a reason to avoid change, just to think about how to smooth transitions.
gizmo686 14y ago
No, but they should follow the GNU/Linux model of desktop UIs: have them be a seperate program and allow the user to choose which one (s)he wants to log into, and allow the user to install one from a third party, as apposed to having it be an irreplacable part of the OS. I believe (weakly) that OS X treats window managers the same way Linux does.
- acdha 14y ago
  > No, but they should follow the GNU/Linux model of desktop UIs Not to completely dismiss this but … have you noticed how much extra burden this places on developers and how this is almost always cited as one of the reasons why the OSS desktop experience isn't as good as OS X? There are many parts of the desktop experience which require more than cursory integration and that becomes a much harder problem to make generic and plugable.
  - gizmo686 14y ago
    > There are many parts of the desktop experience which require more than cursory integration and that becomes a much harder problem to make generic and plugable. Do you mind mentioning some examples. My desktop runs Awesome, but I make extensive use of Gnome widgets and programs. The fact that these work out of the box without issue, despite the fact that they were developed to be part of the Gnome desktop, seems to suggest that the standards work fine. Besides, thinking back to when I used Windows, I cannot think of an application/desktop integration that does not work on Linux. I always imagined that OS X had a "better" experience because it had teams of developers whose job it was to make it have a better experience for the user. Also, never liked the OS X experience, icons don't automatically un-clutter in folders, it is difficult to tell the difference between what is and isn't running, and I still cannot figure out how to reliably rename a file without using the terminal.
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