Is the Desktop needed?

[hotphil]

Other than keeping change fearing people happy is there a need for the desktop in Windows 10?

Nail. Head. Hit.
Change is bad for a lot of folk.

 

[kanodhome]

Need wait 5 years, after all companies run on cloud or rebuild desktop app.

 

[PepperdotNet]

I think what you are saying, is that the "desktop" - that is, the background picture which people put icons on and everything else runs "in front" of - becomes capable of also hosting the live tiles, and pushing the Windows button on the keyboard or tablet bezel, or clicking the start button, would simply hide all running application windows so that what you then see is the "start menu" - that is, a background picture which people put icons and live tiles on.

Such a desktop, where people could arrange icons and live tiles to their heart's content. I could live with that. As long as there's an easy way to make everything reappear right where it was.

 

[Spectrum90]

I'm not sure if people aren't reading anything I said or just not getting it?

It has nothing to do with non-touch interfaces or 3D modeling. All I'm talking about is merging the start menu into the desktop. The current desktop is nothing more than a folder showing icon view. It would have zero impact on those things. Hell, I often have a few dozen windows open over multiple monitors when I'm doing software development.

There would still be canvases for windowed applications.

I use the desktop folder for things I use frequently. I can go to the desktop with one click from everywhere in the OS, so It's handy.

 

[AndyCalling]

I think the best way we can achieve this right now is to run W10 under W8 Hyper-V. Then we can run W10 apps in their own little sandbox so our devices remain touch useable.