![]() ![]() Due to its sparse visuals, sharp contrasts, and utter reliance on text, Metro, for all its modernity, reminds me a lot of MS-DOS. Metro is a decidedly text-based interface (as far as looks go), where elements are not defined by lines or borders, but by text. ![]() Especially on Windows Phone 7, Metro does away almost entirely with chrome, icons, and menus. Microsoft is the only one trying to at least take some baby steps away from the desktop/WIMP interface with their Metro UI. Like I said in the review – enlarging buttons and using a finger does not a new paradigm make.Īnd here’s the funny thing. For what is clamored as a ‘post-PC’ device, the iPad is remarkably like a PC. It’s a classic desktop/WIMP interface, and a rather mediocre one at that. Doesn’t the iPad demonstrate that you need a specific, designed-for-tablets interface in order to sell tablets? I mean, the iPad sells really well, so everybody should just copy Apple’s strategy, right? Well, there are two things wrong with this line of thinking.įirst of all, as I’ve already argued in my iPad 2 review, the iPad doesn’t really have a tablet-specific interface. This comment has led to some confused faces on the web. However, Microsoft once again reiterated that WP7 is not meant for tablets, since they view tablets as PCs – hence, they will be running regular Windows. With Windows Phone 7 being a success among critics and probably the only mobile platform which tries to take at least baby steps away from the old WIMP/desktop paradigm, it’s not entirely unsurprising that a lot of people are asking for Windows Phone 7 on tablets. ![]()
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