Hi David, well now you know person that likes it :) I have been using since previews, it has a few niggling things but overall I like it. In terms of affordances/discoverability once you know about the corners you're pretty much set. How long have you been using win8 out of interest?
Doesn't like the iPad have things like 4 finger swipes, how do users discover those gestures without being told? -----Original Message----- From: "David Richards" <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> Sent: 9/05/2013 7:12 AM To: "ozDotNet" <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: Is Surface really failing? I have to say, I'm really surprised anyone could ask this. I don't know a single person that likes windows 8. I don't mean they think "yeah its ok but windows 7 is better", I mean they think "hate, loath, detest". It is one of the worst user interfaces I've seen, second only to itunes. When I first tried windows 8, I intentionally made sure I didn't read anything about it. I literally was unable to use it for a full 30 minutes! I could click on enormous, 20 cm buttons to run an app and that was it. I eventually gave up and went to google, only to discover there is a magical, invisible button about 5 pixels wide in the corner. Really!? Who thought that was a good idea? Go to Android or iOS and a child could figure them out in minutes. My two year old was confidently using both in minutes. I have no doubt he would have gotten stuck in windows 8 in seconds. Regardless of your opinion on the style (I personally don't like the style formally known as metro), it is not a UI that a person could figure out just by looking at it. People have to be told how to use it. Consequently, it will always fail in comparison to the others. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 8 May 2013 18:15, Arjang Assadi <arjang.ass...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello all, It seems there is no shortage of Surface.bashing : http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-microsofts-new-coke-moment-7000014779/ Are there people really proposing to not to have Metro interface on tablets? Is it really that hard for windows 7 fanatics to click on a tile to see Windows 7 Desktop? Having used Android, IPad and Surface ( in that orders ), Can not imagine why anyone prefer any other tablet to Surface. Is Surface really failing? or is it just the usual trolls cooking up the stats? Anyone has any comments from horses mouth (MS) regarding this? Any news on what is next after Surface from MS? Any rumors for Surface II ? Thank you
