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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by laumars on Sunday October 27, 2013 @05:10AM (#6621347)
Please don't try and pass off your personal preferences as fact. Beauty is just a matter of preference.

Personally I've never cared for Microsoft's design. XP always looked chunky and gaudy to me - I hated it. Aero looks unfinished compared to Compiz (but part of that might be down to the fact that Linux has been doing desktop compositing for years before Windows finally caught up). And Windows 8 just looks like Microsoft forgot the last 2 decades of OS design and reverted back to the 320x200 days of square windows, square widgets, etc.

So I'm happy you find Microsoft's design to be your particular eye candy, but don't patronise us by arguing that this preference is fact.

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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by pix64 on Sunday October 27, 2013 @06:24AM (#6621486)
I think you're confusing aesthetics with usability/experience.
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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by laumars on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:56PM (#6623266)
No I'm not. The former commenter was on about aethetics because he was talking about people being drawn to pretty things. However I don't think Windows has better usability / experience either. If it did, I wouldn't be running Linux as my primary desktop. But again, usability is partly down to personal preference / workflow as well.
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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by _random_ on Sunday October 27, 2013 @07:24AM (#6621604)
Wow, you really don't understand what tiles and metro design are about? Have you considered the power fonts have? Have you thought of making content a first class citizen in GUI?
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Re:My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get real work... by laumars on Sunday October 27, 2013 @04:57PM (#6623544)
I'm talking purely about aethetics. I couldn't give a toss about what ever excuses you have for the massive usability fail of Metro (and it is seriously lacking as a desktop user interface) in a discussion about personal preferences with design aesthetics. But who cares about a level headed discussion when people like you can instead post condisending fanboy BS...
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