Latest Win8.1 update restore part of old desktop tools

[Abstract] If Microsoft is now reducing the use of Xiandai interface elements in the still-dominant PC, will this continue to drive developers? Latest Win8.1 update restore part of old desktop tools Tencent Digital News (compiled: Zhangxiaowei) Microsoft at last week's Build 2014 developer conference showed the future of the Windows system, the whole feeling somewhat "retro." In fact, the future of Windows is more like Windows 7. After showing some of the new features that will be added in future updates, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft's operating system, presents the most important "new" and more familiar tools for Windows systems: The once-iconic "Start Menu" in Windows systems Formal return. He also says users will soon be able to run these Metro-style apps on traditional Windows desktops (which can only be used in a full-screen touch interface). In other words, this is the traditional way Windows systems work. "I'm not surprised to be honest," said a development representative for a well-known software company who declined to be named, saying, "The Windows 8 system's new interface is not popular, and many users prefer the previous one." To be honest, the Metro application interface is not the best choice. "Microsoft seems to be aware of the problem, too. The latest Windows 8.1 update restores some of the older desktop tools, such as the Windows taskbar and the Minimize and close buttons that appear on the Morden application. With the Start menu appearing in the Windows System Xiandai app, the Windows 8 system has returned to another mode. This is the equivalent of Microsoft has admitted that the Windows 8 model was wrong, the magnetic paste, touch mode of the main interface is not suitable for traditional PC and notebook computers. It was not the intention of Microsoft to launch the Windows 8 system in the fall of 2012. At the time, the idea of Microsoft was to clean up traditional desktop tools, thinking that things like Taskbar and Start menu were obsolete tools. The classic logo and the search feature provided in the bottom-left corner of the desktop are no longer needed, and Windows is beginning to take a more concise route. "It was a very wrong decision. "said Jesse James Garrett, lead user experience designer of re-use path, a renowned design consultancy. He also believes that the integration concept of Windows 8 was not quite right from the start. "The difference between them is very big, and if Microsoft's goal is a new market for tablet operating systems, then Microsoft's new decision is meaningful." But if you want to change a traditional PC operation that has been running for decades, it's a huge mountain in front of users. ”“Killing the "Start Menu" is the most obvious example of why Microsoft has angered users. In Windows 8, the goal of increasing the start screen is to replace the Start menu and to adapt it in a touch way, in a more intelligent, visual form, which seems like a good idea. "The Start menu is like a standard and it won't work without it." "Garrett said. "The start screen doesn't seem to be a successful analog Start menu, it's more visually complex, and it's easy to be overwhelmed," he said. Without it, users don't know where to begin. "Microsoft also seems to recognize the mistake of forcing a combination of touch and traditional keyboard and mouse operations, and decided to start the change in Windows 8.1, resuming the Start button (though still adding the Start menu on the Start screen) so that users can opt into the traditional desktop mode. Myerson is showing Windows 8.1 Update and future changes on the stage, and Microsoft appears to be merging two "twin" operating systems. Windows with a desktop system will slowly revert to the way it was before, while tablets remain touch-screen. "We all thought the tablet would be the next stage in the evolution of desktop systems, but now it seems wrong to have the idea of sharing a single system with desktops and tablets," he said. "NAIC Senior user experience," said Coty Beasley. "The facts have not continued to evolve according to Microsoft's wishes. "Why do tablets have to be so difficult?" Why is it that Microsoft does not launch the Modern/metro interface's operating system for tablets alone, allowing PCs to use desktop operating systems? Unlike Microsoft, Apple is using this tactic, and they have never tried to unify the operating systems of tablets and desktop computers. Apple is more likely to look at tablets and desktop computers as two distinct types, at best on the UI, but still keep them in different ecosystems. So far, the results have been good. But Microsoft is in a very different market position. Microsoft wants to leverage the dominance of Windows systems in the desktop market to help consumers and developers better adapt and focus on their tablets. Unfortunately, PC users are still not moving smoothly to the tablet. "I think the problem with Windows 8 systems is that there is no incentive to buy." "Garrett said. "I'm not saying that Microsoft does not do well on touch devices, but it's not for PCs. "To be honest, Microsoft's change to Windows 8 is not entirely a disaster." Although there is no promotion of personal computer sales, but because of the emergence of new application forms, so developers have a lot of benefits, which allows all consumers to face a unified platform called Windows to understand the application. Microsoft's vice-president for PC and other hardware vendorsTeVe Guggenheimer says that now if you plan to move from one Windows platform to another, more than 90% of the code is the same. Xiandai ERA if Microsoft is now reducing the use of Xiandai interface elements on PCs that are still in the mainstream, will this continue to drive developers? "The biggest advantage of Metro now is that its code can be used directly on a mobile device platform," says Alexander Kohler, a developer at Direct Mail House. "Now I can solve more problems on this platform than before." The Windows Developer is now not about Metro or not Metro, but how many users it can bring. "The subtext of Kohler is that if Xiandai applications can be used directly in Windows, then a large number of traditional desktop users will start downloading, including paying users." "Windows 8 users never use the Metro program," said Kellen Sunderland, head of Nokia VideoLAN project development, "so we should improve our usage for these traditional keyboard and mouse users." "Running a Xiandai application on a desktop system may be a very difficult decision. In Xiandai Evernote, for example, touch-optimized, simplified magnets and icons, all designed for tablets, are hard to show in front of desktop users. Taking into account these different experiences, once the menu returns, the desktop system will be back into the mainstream, Microsoft will find itself in a different position, the previous touch-operated Windows 8 system does not have the concept of desktop users, will restart the use. The plight of Windows 8 is far from over, but the end result will be good, because Microsoft is now starting to build a foothold in the Tablet PC market. But the "retrograde" nature of the changes is a display of Microsoft's failure to make a market-product strategy. Although there is nothing wrong with entering new markets and pleasing developers, don't forget that all efforts are ultimately faced with a group test, that is, the user.