The first section seems like it's mostly just him repeating himself quite a lot without really saying anything new at all. Very difficult to get through it.
He also warns his readers: "Yes there will be a lot of spelling mistakes, unfortunately you will have to leave with it. The goal was to put out the information of my research, not to write a perfectly checked novel."
That's like giving the recycling plant a bag mixed with recyclables and rotten garbage, and saying "you sort it out, it's your problem now" when it really isn't their job.
So it's hard to take this article seriously. Someone who takes his own idea seriously wouldn't settle for presenting it so poorly. I'm disappoint.
Years ago, I was drawn by Apple's attention to detail, UI, and UX, so I migrated from Windows to Mac OS X. Last week, I was drawn by Microsoft's attention to detail, UI, and UX, and have already started migrating from OS X 10.9 to Windows 8.1. (I'm typing this in IE11 right now on my rMBP actually, and I think I prefer it to Chrome.) The ideas and presentations in his article don't settle well with me. They feel like a huge step backwards in usability and design. I admit Windows 8.1 isn't perfect, but I don't think his changes fix any real problems that I have with it, and they certainly create some new ones.
That said, I am excited to see how MS is going to make the desktop environment more unified and consistent in the future, which I'm sure they're working on.
I couldn't have said it better. I think Win 8.1 is quite nice actually, I know it's cool to hate on it, but frankly speaking it's pretty good (IMHO of course).
I really don't get all the fuzz on the start menu, honestly, I'm never in it even on Windows 7, I press "win key"-> search -> run, and guess what I do exactly the same in Windows 8, except now the start menu is a bit more useful, I mean sure I don't use all the metro app (some I do for example news), but the rest acts a very nice shortcut "wall", and it helps keep my desktop is pristine. Even if Microsoft decides to ditch the whole Metro concept I hope they keep the "Start" the same as it is. I know I'm perhaps in the minority here but, the previous start menu was completely useless to me, honestly.
The first section seems like it's mostly just him repeating himself quite a lot without really saying anything new at all. Very difficult to get through it.
He also warns his readers: "Yes there will be a lot of spelling mistakes, unfortunately you will have to leave with it. The goal was to put out the information of my research, not to write a perfectly checked novel."
That's like giving the recycling plant a bag mixed with recyclables and rotten garbage, and saying "you sort it out, it's your problem now" when it really isn't their job.
So it's hard to take this article seriously. Someone who takes his own idea seriously wouldn't settle for presenting it so poorly. I'm disappoint.