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I'm still a bit sceptical of this. Metro only allows you to work with one app on the screen at a time and you have to hit start every time you want to switch ap

by jiggy2011 14y ago

I'm still a bit sceptical of this. Metro only allows you to work with one app on the screen at a time and you have to hit start every time you want to switch apps instead of a taskbar. If people want to use their desktop computers in such a way, why didn't they build the UI this way years ago?

barrkel 14y ago
They did. It was called dosshell; it sucked (for various reasons). Arguably things like screen in a terminal can be interpreted the same way. It's still a very awkward way of multitasking.
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sukuriant 14y ago
In Metro mode, you can have an application running and another application running on the side. [1] [1] http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/windows-8-consumer-preview-flow-then-bing.jpg http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wind...
- Karunamon 14y ago
  So 2 at a time. Meanwhile I have.. counts 24 windows open across 9 different applications.
  - sukuriant 14y ago
    That you're looking at at the same time?
    - Karunamon 14y ago
      I've long since opened and closed things since last comment, but I've got lets see.. 5 windows visible on my screen right now. This browser, a XenCenter session, an IRC client, a script for that IRC client, and a miniaturized iTunes. 2 is such an absurdly low limit as to be virtually useless.