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| All that you describe could be implemented in a Windows 7-like interface just as well: A unique login that logs you both in Active Directory or your local network and your Microsoft account, an Active Desktop (I used it in Windows 98, pinning the movie The Fifth Element playing in a loop on the Desktop at all times) or an improved Taskbar/Notification Area, synchronization on the "cloud" is already happening even on XP, it's a matter of software or web servers, not operating systems. Windows 8 makes it a bit more transparent to the user, but the same could be done on the previous interface.
I don't mind the lack of Start menu, I rarely used it, but the lack of the always visible Taskbar and the fact that you can view only one application on a big monitor is not just annoying, it is a serious loss of productivity and usefulness. To have a whole operating system totally designed for touch and with an Apple-like simplified UI is terrible for the user who don't have touch, like a desktop, or who don't use any of these stupid Microsoft Store apps because they're crap or because Windows 8 Metro does not have windows anymore. I have to add that just the word "Charm" makes me feel like Microsoft considers me a gullible kid or try to bewitch users with smart words instead of useful features. | |
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How many smashed laptops is Windows 8 responsible for?
