This is not the best example, but it does illustrate what I've been trying to point out as a major flaw in Windows 8 (the apps user interface) - the Lenovo Horizon 27.
In PC mode:
In alternative mode:
In the Lenovo Horizon alternative mode, almost any number of people can use the device to do different things. But it's the fact that you can use, or display, multiple apps at once which is important. Windows 8 can only display two apps at the same time and basically using the full screen. This is the major flaw in the Windows 8 user interface.
The start screen is nothing more than a menu laid out in a series of tiles, when it could have been a series of active and modifiable apps to be viewed and used in any way that you wanted (within limitations) on a desktop with large, or multiple, monitors. Instead, it became a tablet/phone interface designed for small(ish) devices, while leaving the large screen users in a virtual limbo.
In PC mode:
In alternative mode:
In the Lenovo Horizon alternative mode, almost any number of people can use the device to do different things. But it's the fact that you can use, or display, multiple apps at once which is important. Windows 8 can only display two apps at the same time and basically using the full screen. This is the major flaw in the Windows 8 user interface.
The start screen is nothing more than a menu laid out in a series of tiles, when it could have been a series of active and modifiable apps to be viewed and used in any way that you wanted (within limitations) on a desktop with large, or multiple, monitors. Instead, it became a tablet/phone interface designed for small(ish) devices, while leaving the large screen users in a virtual limbo.
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