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| Microsoft adds short animation to ease users into Metro |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-02 22:36:02 |
| Now that Windows 8 has gone gold, Microsoft can move on to other things. With Windows 8, the most important of these is probably to make sure people know how to actually use it. Metro is filled to the brim with hard-to-discover features, but Microsoft has a plan. Will it be enough? |
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| Metro is so yesterday |
| By kragil on 2012-08-03 01:22:15 |
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It is called "Windows-8-Style-UI" now: http://arstechnica.com/informati... |
 - Score: 6 |
| Usability lab? |
| By tanzam75 on 2012-08-03 03:07:27 |
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The Windows 95 animation was added based on usability lab testing. Without it, people would just sit and stare at the screen, uncertain of what to do. With it, people quickly understood that they should click on the "Start" button. It didn't teach them all about how to use Windows 95 -- but it was enough to get them started exploring. Presumably, they've tested the Metro animation in the usability lab as well, and verified that it was enough to get people started. |
| - Score: 6 |
| Comment by vivainio |
| By vivainio on 2012-08-03 04:08:48 |
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Seems like the name "Metro" is already obsolete: http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/0... |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE: Comment by vivainio |
| By Lorin on 2012-08-03 05:28:25 |
| More than just the name will soon be obsolete |
| - Score: 6 |
| Marketing Department |
| By moondevil on 2012-08-03 07:02:18 |
| Sometimes you really got to love the marketing department. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Marketing Department |
| By moondevil on 2012-08-03 07:27:08 |
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Actually I was wrong. It seems that the German Metro group was getting ready to sue Microsoft over the name. So Microsoft decided to change the name, instead of waiting for the suit to follow. http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/... |
| - Score: 6 |
| RE[2]: Marketing Department |
| By dsmogor on 2012-08-03 07:33:21 |
| Metro group is no small fish, so after recent rampant product bans in Germany their lawyer made a wise choice. |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[3]: Marketing Department |
| By Athlander on 2012-08-03 08:42:18 |
| True! They also own Media Markt - in some European countries the most important consumer electronics retailer (especially those countries without a strong online retail culture). |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: Metro is so yesterday |
| By Kroc on 2012-08-03 10:42:03 |
| Just like they tried to rename the "ribbon". It failed miserably. Metro is stuck in people's minds, it won’t be going away. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: Metro is so yesterday |
| By nej_simon on 2012-08-03 14:53:31 |
| So everybody will call it metro, except Microsoft. Lol! |
| - Score: 2 |
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