Attention Windows Purists: Thinix RetroUI Lets You 'Terminate' Windows 8's New Interface
Maximum PC: "RetroUI from Thinix is a software that Windows purists can now turn to if they want to use Windows 8 but just can’t stand the tile-based interface that the OS spits out once the user gets past the initial 'Lock Screen.'"
(PC, Software, Windows, Windows 8)
A blob of squares and rectangles packed VERY closely together? And being forced to START on that UI?
Nope, sorry, that will never stop being unintuitive. Not for touch devices or mouse.
Windows fanatics need to stop kidding themselves with this "people aren't giving it a chance!" nonsense. The beta has been out for a long time. And common sense in UI design hasn't changed, either. Metro is a bad idea for touch (with icons being too close together) and a REALLY BAD idea for desktops.
I myself really like the meto portion of windows 8.
Whenever I'm in a rush or on the road, I just take out my laptop, flip the screen around for touch, open up metro, and just take a quick look at the tiles for the info that I need rather than going into the desktop, opening up a browser, going to the website, etc.
And for work purposes, I can just jump right into the traditional desktop mode. In my opinion, I can find no significant fault in this approach.
exactly, but i dont get why people in general dont see that, everything is going touch, all tablets are touch, all hybrids will have touch, so ms did the right thing, you have the choice to use it both ways, so they covered their bases and windows 8 is faster then win 7 in every way.
Yea its pretty lame. This is why every game developer and their mamas are saying that this is a backward step for their operating system. Ill be stickn with windows 7 for as long as i can until they fix it with windows 9
And for the record... touch screen computers.. arent for serious people who use computers to build software or play real games. You just need more to be able to do that.
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There is no way to spin this fact.
Nope, sorry, that will never stop being unintuitive. Not for touch devices or mouse.
Windows fanatics need to stop kidding themselves with this "people aren't giving it a chance!" nonsense. The beta has been out for a long time. And common sense in UI design hasn't changed, either. Metro is a bad idea for touch (with icons being too close together) and a REALLY BAD idea for desktops.
Enough spinning. You'll get dizzy.
Whenever I'm in a rush or on the road, I just take out my laptop, flip the screen around for touch, open up metro, and just take a quick look at the tiles for the info that I need rather than going into the desktop, opening up a browser, going to the website, etc.
And for work purposes, I can just jump right into the traditional desktop mode. In my opinion, I can find no significant fault in this approach.
But that's just me.
Ill be stickn with windows 7 for as long as i can until they fix it with windows 9
And for the record... touch screen computers.. arent for serious people who use computers to build software or play real games. You just need more to be able to do that.