By now you have two different elements of the design of Windows 8- Metro style user interface first, a previously in a video showed and seen by millions of people. And recently, we have described in this blog some of the extensions that we trusted on Windows Explorer desktop tools such as the make file copy dialogand. We have seen a bunch of about these changes dialog box.
Ask some of you are probably wondering how these components work together to create a harmonious experience. There are two user interfaces? Why not proceed to a Metro style experience anywhere? On the other hand, others have suggested that Metro is only for tablets and touch, and we must avoid "dumbing down" Windows 8 with that design.
Have both of user interfaces together harmonious is an important part of Windows 8. As a starting point for the discussion here is how we design Windows 8 approached from the very beginning.
We started with the planning of Windows 8 during the summer of 2009 (prior to Windows 7). From the beginning, our approach to reimagine of Windows.
When we showed the first demos of Windows 8, we introduced our new Metro-quick and smooth, compelling, beautiful experience — and the app-centric.
At the same time, we recognized that Windows 7 has been very successful. Hundreds of millions of people rely on the user interface of Windows 7.
In this light is the Windows desktop role of the clear. The things people do on PCs today are not going away suddenly but because there are only new Metro style apps. The mechanisms that people rely on today (physical keyboards, mice, trackpads) or "bad" do not suddenly less useful simply because touch is also provided as a first class option. These tools are often the most ergonomic, fast and powerful ways for many things to get done.
We knew that if we designed the user interface of Windows 8 that you just can't flip a bit at night and turn all of that history into something new. In fact, that's exactly what some people are afraid of us do. Some people have said that is the only way.
We believe there is room for a more elegant, perhaps, a more nuanced approach. You get a nice, fast and smooth, Metro style interface and a wide variety of new apps to use. These applications have new attributes (a platform) that go well beyond graphic design (much to build on this to come). As we showed, you get a great touch experience, and also one that works with the mouse, keyboard and trackpad. And If you want to permanently remain immersed in that world of Metro, you will never see the desktop — we not even load (literally the code will not be loaded) unless you expressly choose to go there! This is the Windows.
But if you see the value in desktop experience — in precise control, powerful windowing and file management, in accordance with hundreds of thousands of existing programs and devices, to support your business software, which features his hand range as well. You don't have to change to another device if you want to edit photos, create movies or professional documents for your work or school, manage a large corpus of media or data, or the infinite number of things that people do get done today with a PC. And if you do not want to do one of those things "PC", then you need to and you are not paying for them in memory, battery life, or hardware requirements. If you want or need this functionality, you can then switch to the Windows because there with ease and fluidity. In essence, you can think of as Windows desktop app.
Windows 8 unites all the power and flexibility you have in your PC today with the ability to immerse yourself in a Metro style experience. You don't need to compromise! You perform a device that does everything you want and need. You can connect that device peripherals that you want to use. You can devices designed to dock on large screen displays and other peripherals. You can use convertible devices that can both immersive tablets and flexible laptops.
That brings us back to the improvements we make to the desktop experience: we believe in the Windows desktop. Today the powers the experiences that make a Windows 7 PC the most popular device in the world. So, even if we believe that over time many scenarios well served by Metro style apps, will for the foreseeable future, the desktop continue to play an important role in many human lives. So we're going to improve it. We have a good dialogue about what people might be thinking about our design choices but also wanted to put these choices in a wider context of the unmatched utility of the desktop.
Our design goal was clear: no compromises. If you want, you can seamlessly switch between Metro style apps and the improved Windows desktop. Existing apps, devices and tools all remain and be improved in Windows 8. On the other hand, If you choose to submerge yourself in only Metro style apps (and platform) and the new user experience, you can do that too! The APIs that developers can make sense for the software they wish to provide. People can argue about how much they need or different aspects of the product is not necessary, but that's always been the case. All this is made possible by the flexibility of Windows.
Wonderful. So that means you could use one or both of Metro UI and traditional Windows Desktop in Windows 8 ...
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