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Community => The Lounge => Topic started by: Jason on Friday, June 03, 2011, 14:41:37 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p92QfWOw88I
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Hopefully that's their Laptop/Tablet/Phone version and not the real version that real computer owners will use.
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Hey guys, remember Microsoft BOB? :D
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I had to Google it, I've never heard of it before. Pretty interesting, you can see Microsoft's train of thoughts.
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BOB and this Windows 8 thing feel the same. They want to make people feel like they aren't using a computer.
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When installing, they need to have options. Laptop/Tablet, home user, advanced user. So they can install this nifty interface on a tablet, and then install a dumbed down version for home user and then just improve the code base for us advanced users. Everybody wins.
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Nice idea. I think something that needs to change is the registry. That things been around for too long and can be improved.
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Nice idea. I think something that needs to change is the registry. That things been around for too long and can be improved.
Yea, that's something those Linux guys are always talking about.
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I found out more info about 8. So by default it runs that touch UI, but if you run a windows app, itll work in normal windows. Think of windows 95 or 3.1 back in the day. There were a lot of DOS apps, and the GUI was new. You could run DOS apps within the windows UI shell. Same idea with windows 8.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217296/Shock_Windows_8_optimized_for_desktop_tablets?taxonomyId=15
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I hope they don't make it so restricted that you have no customization in it. I use that Rainmeter skin that looks like Windows Phone 7 but I can tweak it all I want and it also depends on other 3rd party programs. If they're smart, they will have a simple to use default setup with huge customizational power underneath (boy do I sound like a Linux user...).
On another note, I tried the last leaked version of Windows 8 and it didn't have the UI integrated, it was mostly code changes.
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Metro UI is vastly different from Rainmeter since programs that communicate with Metro (programs that can show information on the 'tiles') need to be coded for it.
I guess we just need to play the waiting game. The chances something being implemented because we posted it is pretty low =\