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Gaudy colors is inaccurate. The Win8 screen used there uses bright, pastel colors, but it’s important to note that users will be able to select a color theme. The tile colors are defined by the apps pinned to the Start screen, just the same as how desktop icons work. 1.0 was limited by the color depth that computers of the time could display; Win8 uses subtle gradients and shades/tints to create a much more pleasant color theme.
As for the window management criticisms, the comparison here is flawed because Metro utilises varying typographic size, negative space and overall better layout – everything has breathing space and is clearly segregated. In 1.0, everything has to be crammed into the tiny screen, all type is displayed at the same size and there’s virtually no empty space, which creates a noisy look and feel. |
I'm not complaining much about colors (the mockup's were more subdued though), more about the loss of freedom resizing/moving windows - I just don't want OS to decide for me which window placement is good (because its opinion is almost always an opposite of mine). I don't want the tiled desktop too. The UI integration may look good at default apps, but I don't use them often and it's not hard for me to imagine developers wouldn't bother to update all their apps just for them matching Metro's strict rules (especially with multiple-OS-compatible apps). On non-metro windows I could install many customisation apps, I don't think metro will agree to any. Is there any tray bar/system tray here? How will I use my internet messenger then? Would I have to switch workspaces just to talk to somebody? (Or use window stealing all desktop's height? I want a small square window at e.g. the center-bottom of the screen) The center of the screen is filled by apps/app icons, I want a freaking wallpaper here
normal wallpaper would also work for me lol.
Windows was being developed for over 27 years. The technology came much forward and could be utilized for users to make really creative desktops. And yet the best MS idea so far is to enslave users
"enslave" if they want to use new UI to their stupid design?
PS: I noticed you have start bar at the top of your desktop, do you have problems with window titlebars appearing under that? I had those and annoyed me so I changed it back