Re: VS 2012

I love dual monitors, but I can work with a small 1080p as well.

 
Alan Baljeu

From: Mike <[email protected]>

To: [email protected] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:34:12 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] 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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>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.
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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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>>>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
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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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