Re: desktop enviornment
By: Hustler to Nightfox on Wed Sep 04 2013 23:36:12
Hu> I'm not getting this whole windows 8 thing. If it was built for a
Hu> touchscreen why would you want it on a desktop?
I agree. I think Microsoft has focused too much on the tablet side. Not only
is Windows 8 designed for touch screens, I think it looks ugly too - Microsoft
has removed the arguably better-looking glassy and deep-looking interface with
a flat interface with plain colors. I think Windows 8 looks ugly. Google and
Apple seem to be doing the same with their mobile operating systems. It all
just looks like crap, IMO. Even on the desktop side, Microsoft is making the
user interfaces of their software flat with simple (even monochrome) colors.
Microsoft's Office 2013 and especially Visual Studio 2013 just look fugly, IMO.
It seems everyone is focused on tablets though. Everyone is saying tablets are
the 'in' thing these days, and all the major companies seem to be focused on
producting either tablets or software that work well on tablets, to the
detriment of desktop products.
Hu> I also didn't like to give
Hu> into microsofts monopoly but finally gave up when Unix like Os couldn't
I used to feel like that too.. In the 90s, I started trying some different
operating systems so that I could possibly switch away from Microsoft. I
occasionally used OS/2 for a little while and also started to seriously look
into Linux, and I tried BeOS too (which I thought was a very promising new OS,
since its GUI was simple but effective and good-looking, and it was a very fast
OS too). I've been watching the Haiku project, which aims to create an
open-source recreation of BeOS.
Hu> decide what time it was. I would go to COMPUSA and all the software was
Hu> for windows with a few isles for MAC. I worked for an ISP for a few years
Hu> and UNIX was great at the time but Microsoft eventually caught up. I never
Hu> did like MAC although my kids love em. Now I'm the out cast with all my MS
Hu> machines and software. HA! Regards
Yeah, there still seems to be much more software available for Windows (which
is the main reason I continue to use Windows), but I have a feeling that
situation may be changing. Apple continues to sell many of their computers and
devices, and Android and Linux both have strong marketshare now as well. Also
with Valve's recent announcement of SteamOS, I'm curious how gaming might
change too. If gave companies start supporting Linux as a platform, then I
might seriously consider switching to Linux. Currently my favorite Linux
distribution is Mint, but there's certainly a lot of good Linux distributions
out there. I've also had a look at FreeBSD again recently and like its UI -
but I'm not sure that BSD-based operating systems are as widely supported as
Linux.
Nightfox
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