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We love it! We hate it! Here's what we want! Windows Red reconsidered | Microsoft windows - InfoWorld
Here's what you and your colleagues think about a reimagined Windows 8
If you like Windows 8, you'll like -- maybe even love -- Windows 8.1 "Blue." But if you're a denizen of the old-fashioned Desktop world without a yearning for touch and/or you don't want your PC to act like a smartphone, Windows 8.1 will disappoint -- big time.
InfoWorld's detailed proposal for a new, better Windows 8 -- called Windows Red -- has sparked accolades, criticism, outrage, hundreds of comments, and more than a few very good suggestions. The New York Times's David Pogue said, "It's solid. It's doable. The only serious downside to splitting up Windows is the huge servings of crow and humble pie that Microsoft would have to consume." Time Magazine's Harry McCracken said, "It seems highly unlikely, however, that Microsoft will buy into Windows Red's overarching design principle: disentangling the Desktop and the Metro Start screen so that nobody’s shoved into a radically new interface against his or her will."
The New York Times's Pogue summed up what Microsoft needs to do first: "But you know what? Ask the makers of New Coke, or Apple Maps. Sometimes, the best thing for your customers and your company is to admit you've committed a colossal blunder -- and set to work undoing it."
We love it! We hate it! Here's what we want! Windows Red reconsidered | Microsoft windows - InfoWorld