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ChrisElston wrote: What does it look like?
Your job 
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
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Depressing, pointless, with no support and no obvious future?
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I really don't have anything against the design itself, the problem is that Microsoft lacks navigation guidance, making it hard to know where exactly you are in the OS or in the application. (based on Zune en Windows Phone 7) I had trouble finding out how to exactly do something.
V.
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Horrible, it looks like it was designed for people who cannot read, and need symbols so they know what to do.
Ghastly to look at, and Unweildy[^] according to El Reg!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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well said.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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I can understand wanting this on a mobile device however on a desktop without touch I really hate the extremely large icon look.
John
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Agreed.
For our needs as developers, web-masters, programmers etc it is clumsy and 'blocky' and has not the refinement that we need.
I think that it is being pushed at MS and none dare speak against it.
If Bill were still there he would probably have an input.
I understand why they would try to make life easier for the Muggles, but why alientate the professionals?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Hmm. I have to disagree. I can read quite well but appreciate the tiles on the Start screen -- in particular, the ones that update themselves (the live tiles). And I'm using it on a non-touchscreen notebook and don't find it to be unwieldy.
But that's the great thing about opinion. Everyone has one and most of them (except the ones that agree with mine) are wrong. 
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Marc A. Brown wrote: Everyone has one and most of them (except the ones that agree with mine) are wrong.
I am of the same opinion, have a 5!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
English League Tables - Live
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Agreed! Just like an automatic gearbox in a car! Why would you do that? I mean why? Don't you need every last scrap of power you can possibly get. Bugger ease of use, I want every bit of raw control I can get out of my 1.4 litre 1985 Nissan Sunny.
In fact bugger cars altogether. I want a horse. So much better...
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Dalek Dave wrote: Horrible, it looks like it was designed for people who need
symbols so they know what to do.
You mean, it is designed for the Chinese, Japanese and the Koreans? 
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MS fan boy here...
I hope they make an option to totally disable metro.
Or someone else will, eventually..
My opinion, even when trying hard:
Full screen + metro = retard mode.
Nobody wants full screen while multitasking like crazy.
There will probably be a way to switch it off... MS way or some other way... That'll save Win 8..
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Where is the option "I don't care."?
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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I liked the design but it should not be forced to the user. The users should have an option of turning it on/off.
Ubuntu offers a unity interface but the user can choose not to use it. So metro should also give the user such possibility, it will really be helpful.
(NO comments on how unity interface is allegedly the reason for people moving away from ubuntu, i hope metro wont do the same for windows)
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I like BACON!
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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To me it just feels like having really large icons on your desktop that don't fit on your screen all at once 
For the 'serious' applications that actually do anything we need to switch back to the desktop as we know it since Windows 95 
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Love it or learn to accept it.
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True if you are a windows user... ow simply have an apple everyday 
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality!!!
http://aniruddhaloya.blogspot.com
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The days of sucking it up and living with it are over, we have the power to create a storm on the web and express our grievances (99% movement [although as devs we are the 1%]) or we can defect to other OS's like android.
While I like the design for tablets which makes a lot of sense but for desktop devices with big screens and serious work it's terrible and not thought out at all.
Its the man, not the machine - Chuck Yeager
If at first you don't succeed... get a better publicist
If the final destination is death, then we should enjoy every second of the journey.
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As devs we are a VERY important 1% though. No devs, no software that supports Metro and Windows 8 will flop. I don't think it will get that far though. Many devs are already tinkering with Metro and probably building great apps 
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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