Microsoft outlines vision of the future ... and it disturbs me
… yes, ideally suited to small screen devices like smartphones. But smartphones aren’t tablets and netbooks/notebooks and games consoles and such. Why is Microsoft once again going for this ‘one size fits all’ approach to UI design. Why push a design paradigm designed for the small screen onto systems that aren’t limited by screen size? It makes no sense. But we’ve got to remember that Microsoft is the company that for years has been desperately trying to shoehorn the the desktop UI paradigm onto devices that have small screens.



I’m surprised that there isn’t a Dell desktop in the background featuring a 30-inch UltraSharp display also featuring the Metro UI. What better way to feature a UI designed for the small screen than to shove it onto a 30-inch screen.