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What will happen to the traditional desktop?
I've been using Windows 8 RTM now for some weeks and to be honest I am very frustrated. It just does not cut it on the desktop.
I'm an author of two commercial desktop applications and, of course, thinking to make "metro/win8" versions of them. It will be hard and it will feel stupid because of the limitations in functionality what one can do.
I could just keep developing traditional desktop stuff and ignore win8 ui, but then...if traditional desktop apps are dying what's the point of keep developing them.
Or I could just go and switch to Linux (To be honest I really want to and probably will, I don't need to make living out of the applications, so I dont have to worry how many licences I sell and so on)
So fellow hackers, any advice for me? Opinions? What do you think about Windows 8?
- propercoil 14y agoyour average person, grandma, dinosaur wants the most generic application possible. I would continue building for win 7/xp etc and maybe develop a mvp for win8 (generic and quick as possible to see if there is any adoption)
- SlipperySlope 14y agoWhy not just target Windows 7 users? Postpone your migration to Windows 8 until you see if it is indeed popular. Very likely Windows 8 will have slow uptake for traditional desktop/laptop users. An early indication will be the continuing availability of Windows 7 on retail PCs next year.
- jamesjguthrie 14y agoWindows 8 has a desktop and runs everything that Windows 7 runs, in the same way. What's the problem?
- jamesjguthrie 14y agoThe main (only?) thing it's missing is the Start button.