Windows 8 review: Yes, it's that bad | Microsoft Windows - InfoWorld
So, I was searching up Windows 8 on Google when the top news item was an InfoWorld article. I can't say that I've ever read the site, but my first impression was far from positive.
I'm been disappointed to no end with the "tech journalists" who write like bloggers and act like bloggers. It's your job, if you're reviewing a product, to give it a proper go. It's your job to back up your assertions with data or factual truths.
It's sad to see writers who clearly approach a review with a closed mind, who will be looking out for faults (while ignoring any provided functionality that "fixes" these faults) so they can craft their piece around those negatives. The Vanity Fair article comes to mind.
However, this piece was a nice springboard for me to argue my point - one I've asserted in various places. There's a popular view that Windows 8 somehow detracts from the desktop experience and productivity - a view held among those who are already actively compromising their output by sticking to old, inefficient workflows.
Never mind that choosing a duller theme and pinning desktop apps will get rid of "distracting" Live Tiles and fancy colours, I'll let it pass. But the next point is the killer one:
Dinosaurs.
So, I was searching up Windows 8 on Google when the top news item was an InfoWorld article. I can't say that I've ever read the site, but my first impression was far from positive.
I'm been disappointed to no end with the "tech journalists" who write like bloggers and act like bloggers. It's your job, if you're reviewing a product, to give it a proper go. It's your job to back up your assertions with data or factual truths.
It's sad to see writers who clearly approach a review with a closed mind, who will be looking out for faults (while ignoring any provided functionality that "fixes" these faults) so they can craft their piece around those negatives. The Vanity Fair article comes to mind.
However, this piece was a nice springboard for me to argue my point - one I've asserted in various places. There's a popular view that Windows 8 somehow detracts from the desktop experience and productivity - a view held among those who are already actively compromising their output by sticking to old, inefficient workflows.
Brilliant display of journalism here. That aside, here's the point: due to the vibrant and full-screen nature of the start screen, the people doing "real work" are hindered in their productivity. A screen that flashes up for a second will destroy their workflow, and they would be better off all switching to Linux.The new Metro Start screen remains relentlessly two-dimensional with flipping tiles that look like LEDs on the Vegas Strip.
Never mind that choosing a duller theme and pinning desktop apps will get rid of "distracting" Live Tiles and fancy colours, I'll let it pass. But the next point is the killer one:
So here's the crux of the issue - those who do "real work" on their machines, those who are so incredibly productive that they can't be distracted for a second by the start screen? They apparently don't know about the Windows key, and don't use keyboard shortcuts. If they did, they wouldn't be complaining one bit about Windows 8.There's no Start button on the desktop, and the utilities that managed to graft Start onto older beta versions don't work with the final RTM Win8... I can confirm after months in the trenches and talking with many hundreds of testers that anyone who defines "real work" as typing and mousing won't like Windows 8 one little bit. Let's take that as a given and move on from there.
Dinosaurs.