Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st May 2012 20:03 UTC
For Microsoft, the traditional desktop is old news. It's on its way out, it's legacy, and the harder they claim the desktop has equal rights, the sillier it becomes. With companies, words are meaningless, it's actions that matter, and here Microsoft's actions tell the real story. The company has announced the product line-up for Visual Studio 11, and the free Express can no longer be used to create desktop applications. Message is clear.
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RE: What prevents complex apps using Metro
by 1c3d0g on Tue 22nd May 2012 03:41
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Member since:2005-07-06
And how the f*ck am I supposed to be using my IRC, e-mail client, browser, music player, torrent downloader etc. when I can't even multi-task properly?
Microsoft and everyone else with their shitty pro-Metro stance can say what they want, but you just cannot answer a simple damned question.
No thanks. Power users who want to get real, serious work done will stick with Windows 7, and most will definitely just switch to another platform. Enough with this toy interface bullsh!t.
RE[2]: What prevents complex apps using Metro
by Nelson on Tue 22nd May 2012 03:54
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Member since:2005-11-29
RE[2]: What prevents complex apps using Metro
by MollyC on Tue 22nd May 2012 05:37
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Member since:2006-07-04
And how the f*ck am I supposed to be using my IRC, e-mail client, browser, music player, torrent downloader etc. when I can't even multi-task properly?
Microsoft and everyone else with their shitty pro-Metro stance can say what they want, but you just cannot answer a simple damned question.
No thanks. Power users who want to get real, serious work done will stick with Windows 7, and most will definitely just switch to another platform. Enough with this toy interface bullsh!t.
Microsoft and everyone else with their shitty pro-Metro stance can say what they want, but you just cannot answer a simple damned question.
No thanks. Power users who want to get real, serious work done will stick with Windows 7, and most will definitely just switch to another platform. Enough with this toy interface bullsh!t.
You're showing your ignornace with that comment.
Oh, spare me the "power user" crap. One thing I've come to understand recently is that self-proclaimed "power users" are probably the whiniest babies on the planet. And ironically, "power users" tend to spew the most ignorant nonsense when it comes to tech. I guess it's because they think they know everything and so tend to make authoritative statements more than others. Self-proclaimed "power users" aren't nearly as "tech savvy" as they claim to be.
"Power users". lol Give me a break. lol
RE[2]: What prevents complex apps using Metro
by bert64 on Tue 22nd May 2012 15:32
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Member since:2007-04-23
The windows interface has always been very poor for heavy multitaskers anyway... No virtual workspaces, apps geared up to run maximized, crude ways like alt-tab for switching apps, limited space to display currently running apps.
I typically have 10 virtual workspaces, any of which can be accessed instantly with alt+number, all of which have several apps laid out in them ready to use and i remember which number corresponds to which use.
RE[2]: What prevents complex apps using Metro
by zima on Mon 28th May 2012 23:26
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Member since:2005-07-06
And how the f*ck am I supposed to be using my IRC, e-mail client, browser, music player, torrent downloader etc.
[...]
Power users who want to get real, serious work done
[...]
Power users who want to get real, serious work done
Making impression of serious work, you mean?
most will definitely just switch to another platform
Yeah, most, just like Vista... (or with DOS to Win shift - the first two releases of the latter were also "pushed")
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 20:46 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 17:32 UTC
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One can write Metro apps using any .net language or C++.
You can use DirectX in a Metro app:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465077.aspx
So, whats to prevent writing a complex app, like say blender:
http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/
Blender is essentially a full screen app, does not use "traditional" windows style menus, and is a fairly complex app. Does anybody even use blender non-maximised???