Windows 8 and the Cost of Complexity http://bit.ly/1fpIAYb
@GaborFari @alexpozin @Surface I have one. Never said I didn't.
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@monkbent@alexpozin Have you used it for more than a week, to appreciate the power & elegance?@surface -
@monkbent@alexpozin The@surface 2 and the Pro 2 are amazing devices. And Windows 8.1 has a much improved integrated user experience. -
@monkbent Send this page to your Dad, and he will be all set: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ThreeAllNewWindows81VideoTutorialsWhatsNewIn81KeyboardShortcutsAndManagingWindows.aspx …@alexpozin@surface cc:@shanselman -
@GaborFari I was a category manager for the Window 8 App Store. I’m intimately familiar with the product (and praised the UX in the article) -
@monkbent@GaborFari e.g., how do you close an app? many users flummoxed, frustrated. power user know-it-all answer: "gesture/alt-F4, duh" -
@monkbent@GaborFari actual answer intended by designers for mainstream users: "you shouldn't have to". iPad: basically same design, but ... -
@monkbent@GaborFari ... no pre-existing expectations from PC use gumming things up. doesn't even occur to most people to close apps - End of conversation
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