It may be I self filter, I read this comment:
"There are certain things that you do with your PC every day that should form the basis of the operating system. Email. Instant Message. Calendars. Media Playing. All of these functions in Windows 8 are carried out through Metro apps, and they are universally awful. There are no desktop apps included that do a similar job."
And I thought, you didn't open up a web browser? I do all of those thing on the web and none of them in the OS's UI. Well maybe not media playing.
Re:Why I’m uninstalling Windows 8
by contextfree on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @08:29PM
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It's not quite true anyway (it still includes Windows Media Player) and, besides, Windows 7 didn't include mail/IM/calendar apps of any kind.
Re:Why I’m uninstalling Windows 8
by contextfree on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @08:44PM
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Whether you think it's a good reason is up to you, but the reason the system clock isn't on screen persistently (it appears if you move into the corner) while a Metro app is active is because of the core design principle that says apps get 100% of the screen and system chrome gets 0%. Of course apps are free to incorporate their own clocks :)
If all of that is just "different", perhaps you're right: Windows 8 has a different bug count than Windows 7, a different number of frustrated users, a different standard for what makes sensible software and ultimately a different idea about what's worth that kind of money.