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Have you actually used Windows Phone or Windows 8 for any length of time? The animations are very subtle on actual devices and work very well with the flat look

Have you actually used Windows Phone or Windows 8 for any length of time? The animations are very subtle on actual devices and work very well with the flat look. Can't speak for the animations being screencasted across the internet via streaming video though which can introduce lag, jitter, FPS drops and artifacts, especially for fast moving scenes like animations. I'll reserve my judgment till I install the preview.

RyanZAG 13y ago
The full screen, multi-colored tile metro screen is subtle and not jarring? The one that pops up whenever you want to launch a new program, completely removing any context of what you are currently working on? Is that what you're actually saying? The strange rotating 'subtle' animation you are trying to say makes up for this just makes it all the worse by putting completely unnecessary 'bling' all over a workstation.
- untog 13y ago
  So you haven't used it, then?
  - skrebbel 13y ago
    Clearly he hasn't.
- counterpointer 13y ago
  I figured from your post that you were complaining about some new thing you noticed in Windows 8.1 from the live stream. Looks like I was mistaken and you were actually complaining about how Windows 8 has been since a couple of years which has been rehashed thousands of times on HN. You're right, however MS thinks it needs tablet apps to get on the tablet train and one way to increase exposure is to make desktop users look at live tiles, however misguided that it maybe. There is a setting in Windows 8.1 to boot straight to desktop to make it better on boot. http://microsoft-news.com/new-start-button-screenshot-disbable-hot-corners-boot-to-desktop-shutdown-from-start-button-in-windows-8-1/# http://microsoft-news.com/new-start-button-screenshot-disbab...
- prawks 13y ago
  'Jarring' is different from 'subtle'. Jarring implies that the transition between states is abrupt and confusing, nothing about how obvious of a transition it is. In fact, in order to not be jarring, a transition should be very obvious to the user.
ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
The metro interface can and will continue to be jarring when its allowed to change the contextual relevance on screen in situations where I may not want that. It's the same reason why you sometimes walk into another room and ask "now what was I coming in here for?"

RyanZAG 13y ago

The full screen, multi-colored tile metro screen is subtle and not jarring? The one that pops up whenever you want to launch a new program, completely removing any context of what you are currently working on? Is that what you're actually saying? The strange rotating 'subtle' animation you are trying to say makes up for this just makes it all the worse by putting completely unnecessary 'bling' all over a workstation.

untog 13y ago
So you haven't used it, then?
- skrebbel 13y ago
  Clearly he hasn't.
counterpointer 13y ago
I figured from your post that you were complaining about some new thing you noticed in Windows 8.1 from the live stream. Looks like I was mistaken and you were actually complaining about how Windows 8 has been since a couple of years which has been rehashed thousands of times on HN. You're right, however MS thinks it needs tablet apps to get on the tablet train and one way to increase exposure is to make desktop users look at live tiles, however misguided that it maybe. There is a setting in Windows 8.1 to boot straight to desktop to make it better on boot. http://microsoft-news.com/new-start-button-screenshot-disbable-hot-corners-boot-to-desktop-shutdown-from-start-button-in-windows-8-1/# http://microsoft-news.com/new-start-button-screenshot-disbab...
prawks 13y ago
'Jarring' is different from 'subtle'. Jarring implies that the transition between states is abrupt and confusing, nothing about how obvious of a transition it is. In fact, in order to not be jarring, a transition should be very obvious to the user.

ChikkaChiChi 13y ago

The metro interface can and will continue to be jarring when its allowed to change the contextual relevance on screen in situations where I may not want that. It's the same reason why you sometimes walk into another room and ask "now what was I coming in here for?"