Calneon
22nd October 2011, 04:40 PM
I've installed Windows 8 on a separate partition on my desktop so I can develop a Metro App (like an iPod app) that would be bought from Microsoft's new 'App Store' that's supposedly coming with Windows 8. I'm not sure on this myself considering the horrendous job Microsoft have done with GFWL, but the actual app (an RTS game) we're developing is the main part of the project, it being part of the app store is just so we can show off our use of the latest software.
Anyway, I'll get some screenshots up a bit later (maybe), the biggest change is that the start menu has gone, and is replaced by the Metro interface (basically a grid of large icons designed for touch pads). It shouldn't be a surprise that I am not in favour of this, there's a transition of about 1 second before it takes over your entire screen. It's just clunky and takes longer to open up what you want to.
Once you're on the metro interface, you have to click the desktop button to go back to the desktop, again there's a ~1 second visual transition back to the desktop. Each application you install automatically gets its own icon on the right side of the tablet interface, and I see no other way to access your applications than loading them from this interface (you can put them in quick launch though), meaning if you have a lot of apps that's a lot of scrolling to find the right one.
Obviously it's a long way from release but so far I see nothing that improves over Windows 7.
Anyway, I'll get some screenshots up a bit later (maybe), the biggest change is that the start menu has gone, and is replaced by the Metro interface (basically a grid of large icons designed for touch pads). It shouldn't be a surprise that I am not in favour of this, there's a transition of about 1 second before it takes over your entire screen. It's just clunky and takes longer to open up what you want to.
Once you're on the metro interface, you have to click the desktop button to go back to the desktop, again there's a ~1 second visual transition back to the desktop. Each application you install automatically gets its own icon on the right side of the tablet interface, and I see no other way to access your applications than loading them from this interface (you can put them in quick launch though), meaning if you have a lot of apps that's a lot of scrolling to find the right one.
Obviously it's a long way from release but so far I see nothing that improves over Windows 7.