Microsoft Shows Off ''Radical'' New UI

[tburns1]

What you don't see in the minimum system specs is that you have to be gay.

 

[tburns1]

Seriously, if they want a cool interface then ressurect 3DNA! That rocked!

 

[hardcore_gamer]

oh man..its crappiest UI ever

 

[jhansonxi]

Ubuntu Unity doesn't seem all that bad anymore when compared to this.

 

[figgus]

[citation][nom]millerm84[/nom]On a side note it's always funny to watch tech people who are all about early adoption and radical new technology get suddenly squeamish when something they are comfortable with is challenged. Having never seen the product beyond a brief demo of an unfinished beta, many of you are willing to jump ship and never upgrade again. I can see not liking it or not seeing it as useful to you, but outright hatred for software you haven't used or even know fully what or where it will be used is like screaming "I'll never use that automobile my horse works just fine". Honestly take a step back from the panic switch and see where MS uses this before you abandon Windows 8 outright.[/citation]

I don't have to taste dog crap to know I don't want to eat it...

 

[gsxr1181]

That's horrible...

 

[gidgiddonihah]

This is the vaulted Windows 8 OS? Looks like a tablet or phone OS to me, not a full fledged PC OS. Not to mention it seems a little early for Win8....

If I remember correctly, people had problems going from XP to Vista (Not only because it SUCKED, but it also had several 'radical' UI changes). My mother is like the majority of PC users, they hit the power button, log in, and click internet. Then they go to the few websites they goes to, and shut down. She had problems adjusting from the old XP PC to the new 7 PC, who knows what will happen when the UI changes this much! Its one thing to have changes in a UI, or radicly change it (Like Windows Phone 7), but this doesn't look like a good change.

 

[thrasher32]

Seriously??? ***yack***

 

[steiner666]

yeah this would be great for a tablet or something, but for a PC? fuck that.

 

[cjl]

If this is the new Windows, I'm sticking with Win7.

 

[oparadoxical_]

No thank you. I don't mind change at all, but that is no where near as efficient as the current UI.

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]Shadow187[/nom]A lot of people already have an extremely hard time understanding icons..Also, Windows Aero in Win7 actually requires a better-than-intel GPU..I wonder what this will require.[/citation]

Dual GTX590's in SLI....

 

[falchard]

I like this idea.

Windows 8 minimum requirements:
...
*Windows 7 Phone

Very smart move Microsoft.

 

[chuenl]

My guess is that this is only one of the UI themes. I might give it a try but if it doesn't work out for me, I should be able to switch back to the old theme.

 

[ProDigit10]

omg! they definitely sent some good engineers to retire too soon, and hired kids coming straight out of kindergarten!

 

[Guest]

While likely not a a workable UI, you have to give Microsoft credit for allowing this level of thinking outside of the box. Perhaps some of the lessons learned whilst building this proof-of-concept will improve features of future Windows releases.

 

[Guest]

Near identical concept demo'd by Nokia recently:
http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-bubbles

 

[The_Prophecy]

Uhhh.... Microsoft? Have you looked at the calendar recently? April 1st is still over 3 weeks away. You published the video too early!

 

[eddieroolz]

This is just a concept for now anyway. I'd like to see how MS implements this in newer UI's.

 

[lyndsaywilliams]

I do not see how this is very useful, a very confusing user interface, perhaps someone can explain?

 

[englandr753]

Awwwe, I was expecting an OS like the system in Minority Report. I want a big eyeball floating around my desk keeping my Antivirus up to date and hacking my neighbors dogs bark control collar so I can increase the voltage for the next time he barks and wakes my kids...