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I know, I hate MS... But windows 8 was SOOOOO bad, and destroyed any credibility MS has to make any competent usability decision and showed a complete lack of

I know, I hate MS... But windows 8 was SOOOOO bad, and destroyed any credibility MS has to make any competent usability decision and showed a complete lack of understanding of the user... Do they have any choice but to do UI changes in-beta for Win10?

s73v3r 12y ago
See, I do not understand people who say Windows 8 was "sooooooooo bad". It was not bad in the slightest. It ran extremely well. It had a different UI. That's it. And even with that, the 8.1 update brought back much of the old UI stuff.
- bduerst 12y ago
  >It had a different UI. That's your answer. Users hate drastic UI changes, especially ones that optimized for a specific experience (touchscreen) different from what they're using it for. W8 is a beast of a performer, but the Metro UI killed it for many users.
- Retra 12y ago
  I went laptop shopping last year. Tried out a bunch of different Windows 8 machines, and they confused and frustrated me. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the weather app I accidentally tapped, for instance. (Which is something I have no need for. Also: what the hell would I use a touch-screen for when I have a keyboard and mouse? EVERY windows machine I looked at had a touch-screen -- a feature I absolutely did not want.) Long story short: I bought a MacBook. I would never have considered using an Apple product if Windows 8 hadn't been so frustrating to try to use. Yes, I could have learned to use Windows 8. But if I am going to learn something new, I'm going to try to select smartly from all the systems available, and Windows is only a small part of that. In other words, Windows 8 forced me to make a decision that I wouldn't have even made if those computers had Windows 7 on them. If they had Windows 7, I would have just bought one and got to work. I suppose I can thank MS for my newfound love of Linux. If they hadn't forced me to learn something new, I might have stuck with what I knew: Windows.

s73v3r 12y ago

See, I do not understand people who say Windows 8 was "sooooooooo bad". It was not bad in the slightest. It ran extremely well. It had a different UI. That's it. And even with that, the 8.1 update brought back much of the old UI stuff.

bduerst 12y ago
>It had a different UI. That's your answer. Users hate drastic UI changes, especially ones that optimized for a specific experience (touchscreen) different from what they're using it for. W8 is a beast of a performer, but the Metro UI killed it for many users.
Retra 12y ago
I went laptop shopping last year. Tried out a bunch of different Windows 8 machines, and they confused and frustrated me. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the weather app I accidentally tapped, for instance. (Which is something I have no need for. Also: what the hell would I use a touch-screen for when I have a keyboard and mouse? EVERY windows machine I looked at had a touch-screen -- a feature I absolutely did not want.) Long story short: I bought a MacBook. I would never have considered using an Apple product if Windows 8 hadn't been so frustrating to try to use. Yes, I could have learned to use Windows 8. But if I am going to learn something new, I'm going to try to select smartly from all the systems available, and Windows is only a small part of that. In other words, Windows 8 forced me to make a decision that I wouldn't have even made if those computers had Windows 7 on them. If they had Windows 7, I would have just bought one and got to work. I suppose I can thank MS for my newfound love of Linux. If they hadn't forced me to learn something new, I might have stuck with what I knew: Windows.