[AccessD] Dvorak's rant on Windows 8

Hi Hans --

Please note that a blog post I recently referred here has many "anti-Win8" comments...

I'm not arguing/trying to say Win8 is better for tablets than iOs or Android, I'm just saying that I like Metro style UI:  I'm using it with WinPhone7 and I accustomed to use WinPhone7 via Metro-style UI and so I expect that Win8 tablet would be a joy for me to work with.  I'm finding Metro UI fluent and user-friendly. Of course there is still a lot to do for WinPhone 7/8 apps to make them  even more user-friendly and useful...

As for Win8 synchronization feature I guess it will be more than just "active sync" of files - it will be also synchronizing running application contexts/states...

> However, I was speaking about the interface and the underlying OS.
I missed that - could you please repeat what issues do you (fore)see with Win8 Metro style UI/underlying OS? Did you try to use them?

Thank you.

-- Shamil


Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:48:56 -0700 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>:
> 
> 
> That is an attractive feature. I've been enjoying that in iTunes for a number of years and now iCloud.
> 
> However, I was speaking about the interface and the underlying OS.
> 
> Hans 
> 
> 
> On 2012-06-08, at 12:32 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
> 
> > Hi Hans --
> > 
> > AFAIU the most attractive feature is that a Win8 tablet will be in synch  with Win7/8 desktop/laptop/phone/... via SkyDrive/Office365/Windows Azure... - read comment from mtcoder, June 8, 2012 at 1:41 pm...
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > -- Shamil
> > 
> > Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:46:55 -0700 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>:
> >> 
> >> "... Microsoft was incapable of making the radical changes to Windows that would make it work until it was too late."
> >> 
> >> I don't understand why every assumes that porting Windows to a tablet is a good idea (even if it has a tablet UI on top of it - aka Metro). iOS is not a port of OS X and Android is not a port of desktop Linux.
> >> 
> >> Hans
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 2012-06-08, at 11:33 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hi Jim --
> >>> 
> >>> Yes, and I should have noted that comments to it are also interesting to read....
> >>> 
> >>> Thank you.
> >>> 
> >>> -- Shamil
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:23:56 -0700 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
> >>>> A good article.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Jim
> >>>> 
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
> >>>> Shamil
> >>>> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 10:58 AM
> >>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> >>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dvorak's rant on Windows 8
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hi All --
> >>>> 
> >>>> Here is an interesting blog posting:
> >>>> 
> >>>> "Microsoft, Windows 8, and the Innovator's Dilemma (or, why you hate Windows
> >>>> 8)"
> >>>> http://www.itwriting.com/blog/5875-microsoft-windows-8-and-the-innovators-di
> >>>> lemma-or-why-you-hate-windows-8.html
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thank you.
> >>>> 
> >>>> -- Shamil
> >>>> 
> > <<< skipped >>> 
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