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Daniel R. Przybylski20-Aug-15 6:53
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A lot of people pan Windows 8 because of Metro/Modern, but Metro does work great for pure tablets, just not for our old desktops and laptops that don’t have touchscreens. However, for a person who has been using a Microsoft account, Windows Phone, and Sky/OneDrive for years, the integration of the Microsoft Account in Windows 8 was a truly killer feature that allowed me to overlook the inconvenience of Metro on the desktop. In fact, I find it one of the best things Microsoft has done for Windows. And yes, Windows 8.1 helped too.

Now with Windows 10, they've got the desktop feel right with the combination start button/screen and a desktop that feels like a desktop and not just another store app, but it's awful on a tablet. I really miss the store version of IE on the tablet. It was much more suited to the tablet with controls that are less likely to be fat fingered and features like swiping back and forward and charms. Yes, charms were great on the tablet. I've updated my tablet to Win10 and it's barely useable. Many controls are too small. I can’t imagine how anyone could use it on a 7" tablet.

What really makes me sad about Windows 10 is the Mail/Calendar/People app. It is just one of the worst things I've seen in recent years (except maybe for Android in general). They’ve dropped sweep functions. I can't set up rules. Using folders is awkward. It doesn't sync quickly with my Outlook account. And most of all, many great features of the people app aren't there. I can't pin a contact to the start screen. I can't link Skype contacts. The People app doesn't even acknowledge Skype contacts! (How much did Microsoft pay for Skype?). The People app will tell you to go to the store to get ‘Social Apps’ and then the store gives you a blank list, (psych!) If you try to add a photo to a contact, it brings up this strange, quasi-dialog version of OneDrive that's not quite desktop and not quite Metro and you can't browse to a folder where you know the file that you want is. It just lists every photo it can find on OneDrive and lists them by date. And they dropped the Skype store app and while Skype for desktop is well, okay, it's awful to use with fat fingers on the desktop.

Many people are in love w/ their iPhones and Android phones. But I know few who know how to sync contacts and mail, or share OneNote folders and pages, or share folders in OneDrive. In other words, they don't think Windows Phone is good because it doesn't have their bank's app, and all of the other amazing things that Windows Phone does so easily (which are difficult if not impossible on other phone operating systems) are just something they don't even know can be done, and therefore is not something they want or care about. My point here is that Microsoft has thrown away so many features that I thought made them so much better than the other phones and tablets in order to be more like the popular operating systems. The truth is those operating systems aren't better.

And yes, I have owned an iPhone. Yes, I have to setup my family's Android phones for them. Yes, I’ve used Google Nexus tablets and iPads for my work as a developer at a financial institution.
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