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Yeah but these are easier and fully featured/integrated(think for example notifications). Also given my heavy use of Firefox and Chrome, think 100+ tabs spread
by joenathan 14y ago
Yeah but these are easier and fully featured/integrated(think for example notifications). Also given my heavy use of Firefox and Chrome, think 100+ tabs spread out in multiple windows & never ending sessions, it's many times easier with casual things to use a Metro app then open additional windows or tabs.
- mertd 14y agoI'm not sure I follow. There is nothing preventing the desktop software from using a system-wide notification system. FWIW, metro apps are not fully featured but rather feature crippled. Take Chrome's metro version for example. It is just the forced-fullscreen version of the desktop one. You can still open insane amount of tabs.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI think perhaps the issue is that there are more integrated "apps" available on mobile platforms. For example Netflix provide apps for iOS and Android etc but if you are using a PC they want you to go through the website. This isn't a technical issue per se, since it would be possible to produce these apps for the desktop.
- joenathan 14y ago>There is nothing preventing the desktop software from using a system-wide notification system. But there is already one integrated into Windows 8, there is also sharing and searching integrated Sharing http://i.minus.com/ixWDWz6QqMRvG.jpg http://i.minus.com/ixWDWz6QqMRvG.jpg Searching http://i.minus.com/ieIlX6e9QyL16.jpg http://i.minus.com/ieIlX6e9QyL16.jpg shifting search to a different app/service with a click http://i.minus.com/i8CxZ5i2wILEW.jpg http://i.minus.com/i8CxZ5i2wILEW.jpg I'm not trying to become the Windows 8 advocate here but just showing how it has utility and value in many uses for me.
- contextfree 14y agoThis is sort of reminding me of the argument that programming language features are pointless because all languages are Turing-complete anyway.