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Re: windows 8 ui

 


On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Em 05-08-2012 06:11, Gabriel Pettier escreveu:
>> Le dim. 05 août 2012 11:06:22 CEST, Pedro Bessa a écrit :
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> microsoft replaced the start button with a desktop
>>> area that contains the favorite apps and all apps.
>>> It's cool with a horizontal navigation. You see all
>>> your dear computer things at the same time, so
>>> you stop to comtemplate all your dear computer
>>> things.
>>> 
>>> please, place the dash panel in the desktop area.
>>> the launcher takes the role of favorite apps, the
>>> dash panel takes the role of all apps.
>>> 
>>> I don't like your nos. I want brainstorming. I want
>>> this suggestion to evolve into something meaningful.
>>> 
>>> How has windows 8 inspired you?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Pedro Bessa
>>> 
>> 
>> For now, about everyone seems to hate metro, it was probably a very bad idea from them, i don't think we should copy it in any way… useful or not, people love having a deskop.
> I think they hate Windows 8, because the Windows 8 UI is a layer on top of the Windows 7 UI and while using Windows 8, sometimes you normally see the new Windows 8 UI and some other times, you surprisingly see the old Windows 7 UI like Microsoft is undecided, but the new Windows 8 UI, that is, the layer on top, looks beautiful and I want us to find inspiration in that beauty and do as good as it or even better than it.
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I agree. :) I think Metro looks beautiful, as beautiful as OS X, IMHO.

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