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Post your comments for Windows 8's Metro UI: 7 Things You May Just Hate here

[pelleger]

The thing I loved most about windows 7 & now 8 is then "Window" button. Want to start calculator, press window and start typing "cal"....enter and bam, it starts, ie10, find a file what ever. Push window key and just start typing. The fact that the author trained them selves to avoid the best ui feature of both OS's, and then complain about how hard using the computer with out it is hard, makes me disregard his critique in its entirety.

I find Win8 to be great with keyboard or touch, but that's because I like to use the keyboard for quick effective navigation already.

[TabPbn1g]

I like the Metro interface, I hate the no start button when I am on the desktop. I also hate the way the metro interface does not extend across multiple monitors.

[MichaelMcWilliamsupu1]

Not sure if the author is playing around with the same Win 8 UI as I am. I find Metro to be intuitive, elegant, attractive and highly functional. There's a lot to like and little to nothing not to like.

Certainly beats the tired old Mac OS hands down.

[chances14]

i really wish they would put a visible start button. i hate having to mousover in the edges of the screen in order to get the settings and such to appear

[GringoGoiano]

Here's how many people will end up viewing multiple metro apps at the same time: they'll enter Windows 8 desktop mode (i.e., the not-metro interface); they'll open up two separate Remote Desktop (RDT) sessions to their own computer, probably one or both on their second screen; they'll take their RDT sessions, each initially displaying the Metro "start" screen, and open up one Metro app in each RDT session. Problem solved.

[someinternetdude]

Only 7 things, that is one garbage of a UI.

[WaterEarthFirejtwn]

"Click in a window on the non-Metro display, and your other screen automatically switches from Metro to traditional desktop."

That is completely false. I'm using dual screen right now and clicking on the secondary monitor doesn't affect the main screen or knock you out of metro.

[WaterEarthFirejtwn]

Right clicking is the way you bring up menus in every single Windows 8 app, so not knowing that in IE 10 is the writers fault, not a design flaw.

Also I think reviewing apps at this point is really premature. That music app is more alpha than beta and has several months f development time before Windows 8 releases.

I think mouse controls can be really good in this OS, if they make every app function like the start screen. The start screen automatically starts scrolling when you move the mouse against the edge of the screen. It works really nicely, but unfortunately isn't implemented in all the apps. This also doesn't seem to work when you setup a second monitor. Hopefully they will fix that before release.

[karthiq]

Web pages looking different in IE desktop and IE metro is more of a variety than a disadvantage. People who want a typical desktop experience while browsing the web can choose desktop IE, and people who wan ta metro esque browsing experience can choose metro IE.

Choice is good!!

Having said that, i'd like to say i agree with your point about the lack of continuity while switching between the diff versions of IE.

[metromalenyc]

I agree with a lot of the author's (constructive) criticisms. Like him, I'm a big fan of Metro... but I also feel that Microsoft could soften the learning curve between Metro & Classic Windows (when using a mouse & keyboard). It's too time-consuming (in my opinion) to have to move my cursor to the far corners of the screen to get menu options. Couldn't a single right-click temporarily bring up all the menus (Charms, app options, thumbnails of programs, etc) & then, by moving the cursor towards one of the menus, the others in different areas of the screen vanish. I also think a clock should be added to the live tile for either the Desktop or Weather apps. I don't like having to swipe all the way to the bottom right corner & then up... just to see what time it is. If it were discreetly displayed on the Desktop live tile, I could glance & go... and it wouldn't ruin the look of the live tile or the Start screen. Finally, unlike the weather app (which is beautiful & informative), the music app is inefficient. It needs more functionality (like playlists) & more intuitive ways to find songs in large music collections. But, again... I love what Microsoft has done with Metro. It's beautiful & elegant & innovative... but it just needs a little more fine-tuning.

[metromalenyc]

Oh, also... I totally agree with the author that the two IE's could be integrated better. For the time being, I've just resigned to using IE in classic mode. There are just more options & it's easier to navigate (again, I'm talking about with a mouse & keyboard).

[jscott418]

My biggest question is why do I need Metro and a Desktop option both on a PC? The tiles for me seem to take up a lot of space and I dislike that any App you open from the Metro screen is always full screen? How practical is that on a desktop? Why also do I need Internet Explorer to have a Metro version with no plug ins and a more classic version? This most certainly will confuse a lot of users.

[jscott418]

You know I read a lot of comments of how Metro is beautiful or its elegant but I rarely read that its efficient,practical or intuitive. Is Windows just about being pretty? I so far do not see that productivity will be improved with Windows 8.

[metromalenyc]

jscott418, on 06 March 2012 - 04:59 AM, said:

You know I read a lot of comments of how Metro is beautiful or its elegant but I rarely read that its efficient,practical or intuitive. Is Windows just about being pretty? I so far do not see that productivity will be improved with Windows 8.

I think the polarized reviews are due to some people using it with a touchscreen & others using a mouse/keyboard. Since Metro is designed for touch, it seems that those using a touchscreen/tablet seem to find it very intuitive. It's less successful (less intuitive) using a keyboard & mouse... but that's partly because it's new. For the first day, I found it a bit frustrating (using keyboard & mouse), but after I figured out how to find things, my experience improved dramatically. But, yes, there's definitely a learning curve that not everyone will appreciate... but, then, they probably won't want to upgrade until they're using a touchscreen device.

[JaredNewman]

WaterEarthFirejtwn, on 05 March 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:

"Click in a window on the non-Metro display, and your other screen automatically switches from Metro to traditional desktop."

That is completely false. I'm using dual screen right now and clicking on the secondary monitor doesn't affect the main screen or knock you out of metro.

Not completely. If you've got a Metro-style app open on one display, it stays open if you click on the second monitor. But if you've only got the Start screen open, it disappears if you click away from it.

The new Metro start screen is basically a transformation of the old pop-up Start menu. If you click on something else, it disappears. Only in Win8, the only way you can click on something else is by having a second monitor.

[xyberviri]

I really don’t see what is so hard to understand: Touch Screen = GROSS (oil, dust, finger prints)

You know what I like about a keyboard and mouse, you push the button and it does it, whatever 'it' is, it does 'it', on a touch screen you need hap tic feedback or you need a visual indicator that you did interact with the icon or field. However at the same time your big fat finger is right there in the middle of the screen. Your finger doesn't just go transparent because you’re dragging a window.

That Metro crap is just a step in the direction of star trek computers, and our computers are just not advanced enough to do things automatically for us.

[DecadreSolydius]

I work in IT.

I built a Win8 TOGO flash drive.

Spent some time on it, and well... I can deal with it BUT absolutely hate it.

WHY?

Took the TOGO drive around to "users" at work, and at home with family and friends. You know the non-tech people who don't come to these sites.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PAINKILLERS on this planet for me and everyone else for the pain that is coming trying to teach people how to use this OS.

[Ron]

for many change is difficult to digest.

[ztkraptor]

pelleger, on 05 March 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

The thing I loved most about windows 7 & now 8 is then "Window" button. Want to start calculator, press window and start typing "cal"....enter and bam, it starts, ie10, find a file what ever. Push window key and just start typing. The fact that the author trained them selves to avoid the best ui feature of both OS's, and then complain about how hard using the computer with out it is hard, makes me disregard his critique in its entirety.

I find Win8 to be great with keyboard or touch, but that's because I like to use the keyboard for quick effective navigation already.

You use Iexplorer, your opinion on this is now invalid...