Sending an email on Windows 8

[Robert Sneidar]

Actually no, my understanding I confess comes from listening to Leo LaPorte, the Tech Guy radio program on KFI Radio in Los Angeles. Someone called asking if he should upgrade to Windows 8 and that was his assessment. That is why it was my understanding and not my experience. :-) I have had experience using a stylus based interface though many years ago, when I was evaluating whether or not we should purchase one for the graphics department, and I can tell you that it became quite tedious reaching for the apple menu or any menu pretty quickly, especially on large screens. I remember telling myself, "This will never take the place of a mouse or trackball." 

Bob


On Jan 8, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Peter Haworth 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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