ha, the author was quite rightly slammed, he really had no intention of learning to use it, had he done so, nearly all the things he was complaining about, would have worked the same way they do on windows 7
This terrible blog post is bashing for clicks. #1- from his tones you can see, he already didn't want to like Windows 8 and ready to find the minute thing to call it abysmal. #2- 1 month is not enough to pass a learning curve. Not even in Games. So it's all crap. #3- No explanation beside regurgitating the same old arguments that someone comes out by looking at pictures of a new Windows. People bashed Windows 7, and even XP, now they are seen as the "Best Windows" #4- Says false information about Windows 8. Such as that the Desktop is actually a Metro App. This is false. #5- 0 understanding of the idea behind Metro Apps. #6- they aren't called Metro Apps anymore. #7- This guy has 0 vision. #8- He says that "Core App", as he calls them, aren't available on Desktop mode. Last I check, they are. Clearly, he looked at pictures and assumed. #9- He is not using the official release of Windows 8 but a Beta. #10- His bashing has no argumentation or weight. Honestly, their are way better thing to complain about, than calling an app abysmal, because it looks a bit different. #11- He confuses XBox Music/ Music App and Video App, with Windows Media Player... all it's missing is Notepad. #12- Says that they are 2x version of IE 10, and how ludicrous it is. Yet there is only 1 version. Again lies. #13- Apparently the ribbon bar on folder is not collapsible (isn't that, by default, collapsed?!), and icons are put randomly (really?!). Wow... that's a hard push for a bash. Scraping the bottom of the bucket?! #14- Windows 8 doesn't have a clock. Oh really? Last I check it was the same place as in Windows 7, and a BIG FAT IN YOUR FACE one when using Metro #15- A computer is now refereed as a "sodding thing". #16- He says that their is bug, and might be ironed out during development. If he spent 10sec on any tech news site, he will know that Windows 8 is already done, and that he doesn't have the latest version. #17- Mixes Windows Bugs with him forgetting to install drivers. #18- Acts like Alt+Tab has been removed #19- His intro is duplicated in his text... nice re-read. #20- He says that in order to run programs, you have first need to go on the Desktop, then run from the Desktop the program. Last i check, the Start Screen is a glorified Start menu. Clicking anywhere on this site pop-up advertisement page So 20 reason why this.. waste of time... should not be read. This is one of the many sites that decided to bash a new Windows with 0 effort, or even installing the OS. All this, is just a desperate attempt to attract mouse clicks to the "article". Even Kotaku and Daily-tech came up with far better reasons why to not like Windows 8.
Why even bother to re post some BS article? Make your own points and give your own opinion, or join in the active discussion which is happening on our very own forums: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=226827
Desktop looking like a smartphone is why I left Ubuntu. Then again, plenty of people are still using it. Some will find a way to change the new look and other will adapt to it.
I'd be more than happy to use Metro apps on the platform they were designed for, tablets and phones. And no, I do NOT want them intruding on my PC experience. But if they want me to know about Metro, then why can't they be sand-boxed? Create a metro environment that runs in it's own separate WINDOW that I can drag and position on the desktop? I really would not mind a Metro window on the desktop where I can watch movies, check the weather, etc.. while I'm doing work.
As soon as they make me install Windows 8 on my PC, I will be installing this little gem: http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/features.html
c:\>dos\run I would in all honesty switch to Linux, but its a pain to use Microsoft Office (especially Visio) under it - even our few Mac users are using bootcamp and moving to Windows 8 because of the internal specialisations in the software we use just making it simpler. As a big Microsoft partner we're led by their requirements on us, which generally means "run bleeding edge software and upgrade as soon as its released" annoyingly. I hate rebuilding my Windows install!
