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Re:Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should ... by joenathan on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @01:27PM (#4689138)
Yeah but these are easier and fully featured/integrated(think for example notifications). Also given my heavy use of Firefox and Chrome, think 100+ tabs spread out in multiple windows & never ending sessions, it's many times easier with casual things to use a Metro app then open additional windows or tabs.
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Re:Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should ... by mertd on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @01:39PM (#4689183)
I'm not sure I follow. There is nothing preventing the desktop software from using a system-wide notification system.

FWIW, metro apps are not fully featured but rather feature crippled. Take Chrome's metro version for example. It is just the forced-fullscreen version of the desktop one. You can still open insane amount of tabs.

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Re:Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should ... by joenathan on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:21PM (#4689421)
>There is nothing preventing the desktop software from using a system-wide notification system.

But there is already one integrated into Windows 8, there is also sharing and searching integrated

Sharing

http://i.minus.com/ixWDWz6QqMRvG.jpg

Searching

http://i.minus.com/ieIlX6e9QyL16.jpg

shifting search to a different app/service with a click

http://i.minus.com/i8CxZ5i2wILEW.jpg

I'm not trying to become the Windows 8 advocate here but just showing how it has utility and value in many uses for me.

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Re:Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should ... by jiggy2011 on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:00PM (#4689293)
I think perhaps the issue is that there are more integrated "apps" available on mobile platforms. For example Netflix provide apps for iOS and Android etc but if you are using a PC they want you to go through the website.

This isn't a technical issue per se, since it would be possible to produce these apps for the desktop.

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Re:Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should ... by contextfree on Tuesday October 23, 2012 @02:38PM (#4689582)
This is sort of reminding me of the argument that programming language features are pointless because all languages are Turing-complete anyway.
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