Post: The New Windows 8 Explorer UI Looks Terrible
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08-30-2011, 05:28 PM
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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: Alphas Buttcheek // 30/08/2011
Windows 8 - Microsoft's latest version of the world's most widely used operating system - has one of the most terrible Explorer UIs known to man.
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When Windows 7 was originally shown to the world, it features a minimal Explorer UI, giving the whole system elegance and style. However it seems Microsoft have done a U-turn and decided to have all the Explorer functions on the UI.
This could be great for power users, having everything displayed in the ribbon can be quicker. But for people who are "less accustomed" to computing, it will work about as well as a hooker on a farm.
Microsoft have already told us they are "reimagining Windows 8 and the Explorer UI", and the design hasn't come from nowhere - it's the same sort of design used in Office 2010. However, I personally feel that it should have stuck to Office and not Explorer.
This most likely is not the last story we'll hear about the Explorer UI, and definitely not the last story we'll hear about Windows 8. The only thing Microsoft can do now is hope more people like this new power-favoring interface than the older one.
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09-05-2011, 01:42 AM
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09-09-2011, 07:38 AM
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RobertHarris
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09-11-2011, 11:56 PM
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daniel54_43
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09-14-2011, 02:51 PM
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x420XP
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There's really no point upgrading to Windows 8 anyway, other than the new interface and maybe a few security and performance enhancers you aren't getting much unless you use a touchscreen TV.
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I don't think you noticed the arrow pointing upwards next to the address in the UI, that's probably used to hide all the crap that is annoying, so to be honest this is probably a better Explorer than the current on Windows 7 (much easier to use).
---------- Post added at 03:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 PM ----------
Originally posted by AlphasButtcheek
The New Windows 8 Explorer UI Looks Terrible
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: Alphas Buttcheek // 30/08/2011
Windows 8 - Microsoft's latest version of the world's most widely used operating system - has one of the most terrible Explorer UIs known to man.
You must login or register to view this content.
When Windows 7 was originally shown to the world, it features a minimal Explorer UI, giving the whole system elegance and style. However it seems Microsoft have done a U-turn and decided to have all the Explorer functions on the UI.
This could be great for power users, having everything displayed in the ribbon can be quicker. But for people who are "less accustomed" to computing, it will work about as well as a hooker on a farm.
Microsoft have already told us they are "reimagining Windows 8 and the Explorer UI", and the design hasn't come from nowhere - it's the same sort of design used in Office 2010. However, I personally feel that it should have stuck to Office and not Explorer.
This most likely is not the last story we'll hear about the Explorer UI, and definitely not the last story we'll hear about Windows 8. The only thing Microsoft can do now is hope more people like this new power-favoring interface than the older one.
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: Alphas Buttcheek // 30/08/2011
Windows 8 - Microsoft's latest version of the world's most widely used operating system - has one of the most terrible Explorer UIs known to man.
You must login or register to view this content.
When Windows 7 was originally shown to the world, it features a minimal Explorer UI, giving the whole system elegance and style. However it seems Microsoft have done a U-turn and decided to have all the Explorer functions on the UI.
This could be great for power users, having everything displayed in the ribbon can be quicker. But for people who are "less accustomed" to computing, it will work about as well as a hooker on a farm.
Microsoft have already told us they are "reimagining Windows 8 and the Explorer UI", and the design hasn't come from nowhere - it's the same sort of design used in Office 2010. However, I personally feel that it should have stuck to Office and not Explorer.
This most likely is not the last story we'll hear about the Explorer UI, and definitely not the last story we'll hear about Windows 8. The only thing Microsoft can do now is hope more people like this new power-favoring interface than the older one.
I don't think you noticed the arrow pointing upwards next to the address in the UI, that's probably used to hide all the crap that is annoying, so to be honest this is probably a better Explorer than the current on Windows 7 (much easier to use).
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