Comments on: Microsoft: The Schizophrenic Windows 8 Interface Will Offer the “Best of Both Worlds” http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: pet food brands http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-3689 pet food brands Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:17:35 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-3689 Another bad and overpriced system … from miscrosoft.

]]> By: PeterAustin http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-3465 PeterAustin Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:17:02 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-3465 http://onscreencars.com/tv/the-homer-the-car-built-for-homer/

]]> By: MattHewitt http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1311 MattHewitt Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:57:37 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1311 I think you mean dissotiative identity disorder. If we’re going to pick nits, let get it right.

]]> By: jared.smith http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1277 jared.smith Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:16:32 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1277 @kylealden Uninstalling Quicksilver in favor of Launchpad is a very strong endorsement.

]]> By: kylealden http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1273 kylealden Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:14:08 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1273 I thought I would hate Launchpad, but I actually use it all the time on my iMac. It’s great for getting to applications (like games) which I don’t want on my dock but don’t want to dig through Spotlight/Finder for every time I use them. I only invoke it a couple times a day, but with the trackpad gestures it’s pretty painless when I do. I actually like it so much I uninstalled Quicksilver.

]]> By: mog_man http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1256 mog_man Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:58:52 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1256 Schizophrenia != multiple personalities.

you mean no harm, but some more sensitivity in title choice would be much appreciated.

]]> By: zato http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1254 zato Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:45:14 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1254 “According to Sinofsky, Windows 8 will let you ‘seamlessly switch between Metro style apps and the improved Windows desktop.’ ”

Microsoft has no choice. They need a tablet OS to keep their gamer geeks happy, but those geeks don’t want to lose all the software they worked so hard to pirate.

]]> By: moobycow http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1253 moobycow Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:28:11 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1253 I think the idea is that when you sit down and dock your phone/tablet and are using it as a workstation you simply turn on the desktop. When you undock your phone it runs Metro. Allowing one device to run as your PC and Phone/tablet.

]]> By: rohitharsh http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1252 rohitharsh Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:20 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1252 I hope MSFT is able to execute this will. What it will do is that differentiation of Slate Vs Desktop will move to software rather than hardware. One device call it what you may will be a tablet/slate and a desktop.

Personally this sounds really cool. The fact that we carry a device (slate or tablets) which only satisfies part of our needs is a failure of technology. If in a year or two I can pick up a slate device which has all the advantages of slate and has user experience for it but I can hook it up to a dock and connect it to a monitor and a keyboard and get a fully functional desktop, that will be just great. Remember hardware will only get better with time.

]]> By: rurikbradbury http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1251 rurikbradbury Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:34:41 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1251 No, four. It will also offer KDE.

]]> By: Briantist http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1249 Briantist Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:29:51 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1249 So, Windows 8 will have THREE interfaces. The Aero desktop, Windows Media Center and Metro.

]]> By: jared.smith http://siliconfilter.com/microsoft-the-schizophrenic-windows-8-interface-will-offer-the-best-of-both-worlds/#comment-1248 jared.smith Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:30:30 +0000 http://siliconfilter.com/?p=7528#comment-1248 Another layer of UI = another layer of clutter, no matter how well-designed it is. An analog question: I’m curious how many Lion users are genuinely using Launchpad to start apps instead of dragging things to their dock — I know I haven’t touched Launchpad outside of experimentation since I installed Lion.

MSFT, if they really believe in the Metro paradigm, needs to demonstrate this loud and clear to its customers and developers, bite the bullet and aggressively transition away from Explorer. Windows 8 doesn’t look like the version where that will happen, but it is probably a really good bet the hybrid approach won’t survive to Windows 9. If they want Metro to succeed, it can’t. Imagine if Microsoft ran Program Manager and Explorer simultaneously in Windows 95, actively giving users a choice to enable it upon first run (or as a prominent item in the Start menu); had that happened, we very well may still be transitioning away from Program Manager today.

I’m surprised Sinofsky, the man who brought about the Ribbon in Office with no fallback, would take such a conservative approach to Windows. (Maybe the initial criticism of the Ribbon got to him?)

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