This is the OS that is supposed to carry MS until at least 2015. If they are going to unveil the cool stuff during BUILD, why just not wait a couple of weeks?
- The examples seem dated, like people copying pictures over USB drives in the era of facebook and dropbox. He runs the example on a netbook, which I guess means after his sister leaves he needs to get another USB drive and copy those files again to his PC.
- Why did he copy files, edit them, copy them back and then need to figure out what version he wanted to use? Now he's got two copies of the same filename in different locations and they may get out of sync.
- Why in the case of conflict, does a number have to be added to the file if you want to keep both versions? Why not have some type of versioning and conflict resolution built into the filesystem? Look at a user's computer, directories are littered with filenames like "copy of Myfile (2) 2011_may.doc".
- Where is the touch interface? Those buttons are small and all the dialogs assume a mouse.
I do like the blog and I like that they introduce different members of the Windows8 team, but they need to focus on more compelling features.
Yes, people copy pictures over USB drives in the era of facebook and dropbox. Get out of the Silicon Valley bubble and realize that most of the world still doesn't have good enough internet.
- The examples seem dated, like people copying pictures over USB drives in the era of facebook and dropbox. He runs the example on a netbook, which I guess means after his sister leaves he needs to get another USB drive and copy those files again to his PC.
- Why did he copy files, edit them, copy them back and then need to figure out what version he wanted to use? Now he's got two copies of the same filename in different locations and they may get out of sync.
- Why in the case of conflict, does a number have to be added to the file if you want to keep both versions? Why not have some type of versioning and conflict resolution built into the filesystem? Look at a user's computer, directories are littered with filenames like "copy of Myfile (2) 2011_may.doc".
- Where is the touch interface? Those buttons are small and all the dialogs assume a mouse.
I do like the blog and I like that they introduce different members of the Windows8 team, but they need to focus on more compelling features.