Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Nov 2012 21:54 UTC
"I was prepared to write that the Windows 8 interface was forcing unnecessary touchscreen controls on people who wouldn't appreciate them, particularly if they were simply grafted onto a traditional laptop. But the more I've used Windows 8, despite its faults, the more I've become convinced that touchscreens are the future - even vertical ones." I can see his point. I, too, have often felt the desire to touch regular and laptop displays, especially when doing things like photo and video.
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RE[2]: This just sucks...
by WereCatf on Sat 1st Dec 2012 07:04
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RE[3]: This just sucks...
by Thom_Holwerda on Sat 1st Dec 2012 08:35
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"when I can just swipe down from the top of the screen to close a Windows 8 program?
Ohh, so that's how you do it! I was wondering what the "proper" way of doing that was. That's totally undiscoverable, though, and quite clearly says something about the interface.. "
I never close applications at all in Windows 8. I just go back to Metro.
RE[3]: This just sucks...
by ricegf on Sat 1st Dec 2012 11:47
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That's what astounded me in using my iPad at work. It was literally years before someone mentioned that if I drag 4 fingers (not 3, not 5) up from the bottom of the screen, I'd find a row of recently launched icons.
I was supposed to discover that... how?
We've gone from command lines that required a manual, to GUIs that were entirely discoverable (even the keyboard shortcuts were clearly listed in the menus), back to magic gestures that require a manual. The Dummies book publishers must be ecstatic!
RE[3]: This just sucks...
by BluenoseJake on Sat 1st Dec 2012 12:04
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"If you want to launch a program on your desktop, which makes more sense? Reach down to a special glass surface and drag a finger across it just long enough to land a floating pointer arrow on top of the icon, and then tap? Or simply reach up to a visible icon and tap it? Why try to aim that pointer at a little X icon, or remember keyboard shortcuts like Alt-F4, when I can just swipe down from the top of the screen to close a Windows 8 program? Why painstakingly zoom a web browser in 10 percent increments using a disembodied keyboard or trackpad when you can smoothly manipulate it between your fingers with pinch-to-zoom?"
Which makes more sense to you, your highness?