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A comment on Windows 8 app designs.

Re:Windows 8 app designs by Derbasti on Sunday November 11, 2012 @06:33AM (#4769272)
In my experience Metro apps work well in cases where I do not need to multitask or where I do not like distractions. I like to read my feeds in Metro and I like to write personal email in Metro.

Also, I quite like pinning things like twitter or IM into a Metro sidebar/split next to my desktop. If I have multiple monitors connected, I even fill the second monitor with Metro apps, for example a browser for documentation.

But despite all that, my main work space is still the desktop and it is quite hard to get real work done in a Metro-only environment. (Disclaimer: I am a programmer)

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Re:Windows 8 app designs by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday November 11, 2012 @11:53AM (#4769884)
I find that as a programmer I use the desktop most of the time - but still the occasional metro app. I use the included mail app and pin it to the side, and that works well.
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