Is Windows 8 Too Dumb?
I have had very limited experience with Windows 8, so I won’t use it in my comparison. For what it’s worth, Windows 8 made me feel real dumb. When asked to configure my email, I was hit with a giant full screen prompt with no discernible way of closing it. Alt+F4 didn’t close it; Escape didn´t either.
The Windows key didn’t bring me back to the Start screen: it just did nothing. I was later told that I was supposed to click on the top margin and “drag the window away” in order to close it, but how in the hell was I suppose to imagine that the white space was draggable? I don’t mind Metro aesthetically. The bright colors can be jarring at times, but overall it looks modern and uncluttered. But the UX is just horrible if I, a true power user by any standard, was unable to close a damn email setup prompt from the stock Mail app.
Back on topic now. You’ve posted a question that reads “Why is OSX better than Windows”; this is called confirmation bias. I wouldn’t assert that one is better than the other, and I don’t feel it’s a fair question but I will try to offer my opinion as to OSX’s strengths and weaknesses.
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