Re: VS 2012

Coincidentally enough, I spent most of last year using dual 24" monitors at
a customer site (and sometimes even quads), when I returned home I thought
I could never again work on just a laptop.  This feeling lasted for about 3
days.  I'm not saying that dual 24"s are not super super nice, just that
you'll get over that quicker than you think.

Whereas, years ago I was on a project using a touch laptop running Windows
NT, and it took months if not years to get over that one.

Mike

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Philo Janus <[email protected]> wrote:

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>  "Nobody wants to use a mouse anymore."
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> I'd love to see the studies on that. Or did you just make it up?
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> I sit at a desktop with two 24" monitors all day, and while having the
> option to use touch might be nice, the idea of holding my arms out in front
> of me for eight hours a day doesn't sound attractive.
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> What would be nice would be the ability to have a tablet/mouse pad that
> links directly to the desktop so it's like a control pad. But as far as I
> know nobody has that vision.
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> And even so, it still leaves me with a normal desktop.
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> Philo
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> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: Mike
> Sent: 9/17/2012 5:04 PM
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> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OT] VS 2012
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> At all times, the desktop is just a Win+D away.  So I'm not worried about
> power users at all.  Ordinary users will probably rebel, but that's OK,
> they'll just stay on Windows 7 and be happy.
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>  In the meantime, tablets and Windows 8 will evolve.  The desktop slowly
> goes away as Metro evolves into something more sophisticated yet still easy
> for consumers.  All of us get used to using Windows 8 on tablets and start
> wanting that experience at work as well.  Tablets and touch everything have
> become cheap unremarkable commodities.  Nobody wants to use a mouse
> anymore.  All this is probably only a year or two away.
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>  In other words, Windows 8 is too advanced for people and hardware at
> this moment, and that's OK, because Windows 7 is just fine for now.
>  Instead, MS skated to where the puck will be very soon.
>
>  Mike
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> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Steve Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> Though I really like the OS for tablets and phones, I totally get the
>> Win8 hate on a desktop.  The start screen is useless, because it doesn't
>> show a clear picture of what I have going on.  Also, I think the interface
>> formerly known as Metro is worthless on a desktop.  The "immersive"
>> experience, to me, sucks.  I don't want an "immersive" application on a 24,
>> 27 or 30 inch monitor.  Again, It shows no context of what else is
>> happening.  I *never* have just one thing going on on my desktop the way
>> I do on a phone or tablet.
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>>  To each his own, I guess.
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>>  --SJ
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>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Shawn Wildermuth <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>>>  I don't get the Win8 hate…I really like the OS. It's as fast or faster
>>> than Win7. I like the new Start Menu (and all the old KB shortcuts work). I
>>> think it's a matter of moved cheese. Especially if the people complaining
>>> never left XP.  I use VS2012 every day and it's a lot better than
>>> VS10…especially for Web Dev.****
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>>> - stw****
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>>> I don’t even use spell check – my misspellings are on purpose.****
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>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike
>>> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2012 10:04 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* [OT] VS 2012****
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>>> I'm happy to see that Rick Strahl is tweeting that VS 2012 is working
>>> great for him.  I have not used it yet, alas, I'm developing on an XP VM
>>> right now. ****
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>>> But I've downloaded it on my very old Dell Windows 8 machine, and
>>> actually think it looks great, CAP MENUS and all.  I understand that text
>>> is sort of being used to simulate buttons.  I really like the subtle texty
>>> Windows 8 design aesthetic.  ****
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>>> The bad news is that all my non tech friends are reporting that they are
>>> hearing that Windows 8 is terrible.  That's the meme that's out there.**
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>>> Mike****
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>>> ****
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