Having used Win8 just long enough to blank the machine and install Linux, I found the beast just horrifying.
I think there was a point where win8 actually cut into MS' sales - and MS has a pretty tight monopoly on the low-end PC market.
And Win8 is where the things Sinofsky talks about - being aware of how ordinary users actually get thing done - were palpably tossed out the window.
In the discussion of what lead to Win8, the perceived virtues of the Mac were monomaniacally pursued. Static design - having an impressive, beautiful look - was everything. Doing tasks was nothing.
And I think earlier MS for all its other evil, had a pretty good record of producing good, usable programs (buggy too but they were careful at finding the features people needed and wanted).
I think there was a point where win8 actually cut into MS' sales - and MS has a pretty tight monopoly on the low-end PC market.
And Win8 is where the things Sinofsky talks about - being aware of how ordinary users actually get thing done - were palpably tossed out the window.
In the discussion of what lead to Win8, the perceived virtues of the Mac were monomaniacally pursued. Static design - having an impressive, beautiful look - was everything. Doing tasks was nothing.
And I think earlier MS for all its other evil, had a pretty good record of producing good, usable programs (buggy too but they were careful at finding the features people needed and wanted).