Microsoft Halting Use of the Term ''Metro''

[GreaseMonkey_62]

I'm just going to call it sucky UI.

 

[asdfghjkl]

[citation][nom]mousseng[/nom]The native lack of a start menu's a lot more startling to me.[/citation]
If you associate an operating system with a start menu, then what are you doing on a tech site? I used C64, AmigaOS, MS-DOS, MacOS/OS X, Windows, BeOS, Ubuntu and can easily switch between all these operating systems, I'm not confused if there's no start menu or some other kind of task bar/menu.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]dameon51[/nom]They should of had this branding figured out a long time ago. Everyone is calling it Metro already, and launch is right around the corner. This is a good example of why Apple is branded as cool and even though MS has great products its branded as WTF IS GOING ON![/citation]
I was waiting for the Apple comment on this, Apple branding is only cool because they steal from the best:-

Apple logo - stolen from the Beatles
iPhone name - stolen from Cisco
iPad name - stolen from viewsonic
iTV - next in line, about to be stolen from Independant Television in the UK

So Microsoft will do what Apple should have done and find their own ideas, instead of being told flat out - "You cannot use this name, we own it" before going on stage and announcing it to the world - then defacto Apple own it anyway

 

[back_by_demand]

Prediction time - I reckon "Surface" will form part of the new name

 

[mousseng]

If you associate an operating system with a start menu, then what are you doing on a tech site? I used C64, AmigaOS, MS-DOS, MacOS/OS X, Windows, BeOS, Ubuntu and can easily switch between all these operating systems, I'm not confused if there's no start menu or some other kind of task bar/menu.

I guess I should have been more clear that it's the fact that Microsoft has replaced their start menu with something completely different, and basically called it the same thing. It's an issue of frustration, not confusion.

It's not difficult for me to switch between W7, OSX, and Ubuntu, but when I'm looking to replace my main OS (Windows 7) with its next iteration (Windows 8), I expect it to do certain things for me - mainly do what the old OS did, but better. That's where I take my issue with 8, because I don't think it does it better: it splits the operating environment into two sections, metro and desktop, and transferred the start menu (7's easy-access navigation hub, of sorts) to the metro side. I've learned (courtesy of W8) that I use the start menu quite a lot, so this constant switching between two vastly different environments is irksome and less fluid than what I've already got.