While Windows 8 is out for more than a month, the amount of criticism certainly isn't getting less. The major thing discussed on the web is the Metro interface and the fact that it comes with a stripped desktop. Also MIT teacher Philip Greenspun isn't quite happy with Windows 8 which he tried on his Dell XPS One 27 desktop PC and wrote about on his blog. As Microsoft seems to have had touch in mind when designing the Metro interface it's interesting to read the views of an experienced computer user on windows 8. And Greenspun is clear, the tech giant from Redmond disappointed him and the title of his blog "The Christmas gift for someone you hate: Windows 8" pretty much gives it away.
He criticizes how Microsoft had years to be inspired by Android and iOS with their clear and consistent interface but instead went for inconsistency, especially when you want to leave an application or switch to another one. He's also clear about what he thinks of the combination of two interfaces in one OS, he would have expected that he could run Metro applications on one half of the screen and desktop applications on the other half, we all know that isn't possible in Windows 8, but it is a feature of the Blackberry Playbook that can run Blackberry OS and Android applications at the same time on different parts of the screen.
He also dislikes that in case he wants to stick to the desktop and ignore Metro, he simply can't. Some functions of the operating system are not available in both environments, e.g. the restart the computer option is only available in Metro. And when he tried to Google for how the Metro apps work in the desktop browser, then he couldn't see the Metro interface that he wanted to learn at the same time.
He ends his story that some Windows 8 applications look wonderful, but concludes that the same layout would be possible on other tablets too.
