Sending an email on Windows 8

[Scott Rossi]

See "Gorilla Arm":
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_arm#.22Gorilla_arm.22>

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




On 1/8/13 12:27 PM, "Peter Haworth" <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

>Bob,
>Is your judgement because you have sat down with a Windows 8 touch screen
>computer for an hour?  I'm curious because I'm very interested in buying a
>small Window 8 laptop (11" screen).  I've only played on it for perhaps 10
>minutes in the store but I didn't really notice any problems using the
>touchscreen side of things.  I found myself much preferring to touch the
>screen than use the mousepad.  Then again, I was mostly in a web browser
>not a real desktop app.
>
>Pete
>lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
>On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Robert Sneidar <slylabs13 at me.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to venture an educated guess. From all I have heard, Win8 is
>> really optimized for touch interfaces. While you CAN use it on a desktop
>> system, there do not seem to be any compelling reasons for doing so,
>>over
>> Win7. Steve Jobs had it right. Use a touch based OS on a desktop for
>>just
>> an hour, and you will see why point and click is the way to go on these
>> systems.
>>
>> Desktop apps that need lots of screen real estate or need a lot of
>> processing power flourish on large monitor point and click systems, but
>> flounder on touch interfaces. Not all apps need the screen real estate
>>or
>> use a lot of resources. These do well on tablet touch systems. I do not
>> think tablet/touch OSes are replacing desktop systems. I think that the
>> process is more like a re-calibration of the equilibrium between what
>>most
>> people have needed all along, a simple tablet touch OS, and professional
>> systems that need the power and screen real estate to function well.
>>
>> Just my 2¢
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Mark Stuart wrote:
>>
>> > Wow!
>> > I guess no one is using Windows 8.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Regards,
>> > Mark Stuart
>>
>>
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