New Windows 8 Says: We're Gonna Make Your PC a Tablet!

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GasBandit

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I can put up with fisher price BS user interfaces so long as 2 things are maintained - performance, and the location of shit you have to fix in the control panel. Even the slight changes in the control panel between XP and Vista/7 still irritate me to this day.

Hrmmf.

Oh, don't mind me, I'm still just incredulous they didn't simply expand XP 64 instead of going the way they did.
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Also - eyebrowless, simpering, cadaveresque Ballmer anyone?
 
Zappit

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I'm with Bandit. Don't mess with what worked so well. Keep things where they are. Let the kids play with their tablet toys.
 
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Overflight

Why merely read about it when you can watch a video with terrible audio quality?



Have to say, I was as freaked out as Shego was until they showed the standard UI. The rest just looks convoluted as hell, even for tablet standards.

...also, that "Picture password" thing is going to spawn SO much inappropriate touching of pictures, mainly of the scantily clad women variety. See, there's a bright side after all, Shego! :-P
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I'm actually so massively against touch screens I can't even begin to tell you. I only tolerate it on my DROIDX because there's no other real option. On my PC though? I'm going to be a long standing stubborn activist against it.
 
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Shegokigo said:
I'm actually so massively against touch screens I can't even begin to tell you. I only tolerate it on my DROIDX because there's no other real option. On my PC though? I'm going to be a long standing stubborn activist against it.
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That's because you've never had the proper hardware to fully enjoy just how impressive a touchscreen interface can be. And by "proper hardware", I mean a penis.
 
Shegokigo

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Joking aside, gaming for me has always been an awful experience with any kind of touch screen requirement. Even the DS Stylus is more annoying than useful and anything done with a Wii-Mote or PS3 move can be done better and more efficiently with a controller. On a PC though? Touch screen gaming would be horrendous.

Like I said, I totally get it for tablet application but why the hell would we put this as our PC OS UI?

Oh and my cock is bigger than yours, so there goes that theory.
 
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I agree on the touch screen gaming. I love my iPhone for puzzle games and whatnot, but as soon as someone tries to fake a button, it just pisses me off.
 
Shegokigo

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You ever tried putting those NES/SNES emulators on your phone? Was a fantastic idea in concept, but without a real D-Pad, it was terrible. They later added a way to connect a wii controler to use as a dpad but how am I supposed to use that anywhere remotely useful that I couldn't just use my PC/PSP for?
 
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Nope. I think the last things I tried were Duke Nukem 3D and Requiem (both free), and both sucked. It just never feels right to me.
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Although the Monkey Island games did play splendidly, and next month I'm putting The 7th Guest on the wife's iPad whether she knows it or not.
 
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The touch UI doesn't bother me much BUT the devs would have really program their games for touch screen. You can't have a "virtual" thumb (like many games for the iPads) it just doesn't work and response is slow.

It believe in shooters it would be "easier" to aim and shoot with multi touch since you can use one hand (left hand) to navigate and move while the right hand touch your target and shoot. It will be something totally new in terms of input interface, but I don't think any devs are ready to go to that level or move away from KB/M combo.
 
GasBandit

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I put doom on my droid. Controlling it was difficult, even though the droid 1 DOES have a d-pad. I ended up using a hybrid "buttons to move, touchscreen to turn/aim" control scheme that's still not ideal... and I haven't played it that much since.
 
fade

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This is the same path they're going down with Lion. I like my iPhone, but I don't want it on my computer. The brass at these companies are trying to make the case that there's no fundamental difference between the two, but that's bull. If they were the same, I wouldn't have both. The use-cases are totally different, so it's okay for the UI to be different.

(Also, it's about time they redesigned the BSOD. I've developed a lot of software, and not once did I care what memory address caused the seg fault. Especially not when the debugger can tell me the actual variable and function name.)
 
GasBandit

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fade said:
(Also, it's about time they redesigned the BSOD. I've developed a lot of software, and not once did I care what memory address caused the seg fault. Especially not when the debugger can tell me the actual variable and function name.)
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I'm of the camp that believes the layman should be exposed to the full, unfiltered utterances of the machine god, and if the Omnissiah chooses to burn out his wretched puny corneas and dash his mind with a digital hammer, then so be it!
 
Frank

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Shegokigo said:
I'm actually so massively against touch screens I can't even begin to tell you. I only tolerate it on my DROIDX because there's no other real option. On my PC though? I'm going to be a long standing stubborn activist against it.
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The worst part about touchscreens? Greasy streaks. Ugh.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Stop eating cheetos when using your computer then!

Seriously though, pet peeve, people who eat and type right before I use the computer. My brother did it for a short while..... a VERY short while.
 
sixpackshaker

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I am not a fan of touching monitors in any light... I don't want to spend every afternoon wiping my grubby finger stains off my $300 monitor.
 
GasBandit

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sixpackshaker said:
I am not a fan of touching monitors in any light... I don't want to spend every afternoon wiping my grubby finger stains off my $300 monitor.
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Here's a touchscreen from one of our studios here at the station. Can you guess where the buttons in the UI are?

 
GasBandit

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Frankie Williamson said:
Jesus, did someone touch their finger through the screen at the bottom there?
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No, the filth finally got so thick that its weight overpowered its bond to the screen and the center flaked off. That's clean screen you're looking at there, inside a crusty ring of finger filth.
 
Shegokigo

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*shrug* I have stain/streak/glare resistant screen protectors for my DROIDX, would probably do the same to a tablet so I don't see the "greasy finger" thing being an issue. Well that and I don't eat Cheez-Its like they're a food group. ;)
 
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