Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor

Windows 8 Early Build Hints At Apple, WebOS Competitor - EWeek

Posted by Roblimo on Saturday April 9, 2011 @07:35AM from the always-steal-ideas-from-your-most-creative-competitors dept.

Microsoft's next Windows could be a cross-platform OS in the style of Apple's iOS or Hewlett-Packard's webOS, if supposed early builds are to be believed... "Bloggers Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, in a series of April postings on Rivera’s Within Windows blog, have described the various features of what they claim is an early build of Windows 8: an Office-style ribbon integrated into Windows Explorer, complete with tools for viewing libraries, manipulating images and managing drive assets; an unlock screen that harkens to the 'Metro' design style already present in Windows Phone 7; an 'immersive' user interface and a built-in PDF reader they call 'Modern Reader.'"

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Why? by linux_geek_germany · 2011-04-09 07:39 · Score: 1, Troll

They should rather concentrate on improving the core OS in my opinion. Why would I want to manipulate images or read PDFs with crap software from MS...
1. Re:Why? by iamhassi · 2011-04-09 08:10 · Score: 0, Troll
  
  Agreed. Even with a fresh install Windows 7 crashes far more than Windows XP did, I have to tip-toe around what programs I open and how many I open. It's Windows 98 all over again.
  
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2. Re:Why? by gig · 2011-04-09 13:57 · Score: 0, Troll
  
  > There was actually a lot of under the covers changes in Windows 7
  Yeah, but they didn't fix anything, so who gives a fuck? If it still has viruses and needs guys like you to make excuses for it, then what is the point?