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Aero Glass UI No More On Windows 8
New submitter closer2it writes with news of interface changes in Windows 8. From the article: "Microsoft has revealed that it has made some big changes to its desktop UI for Windows 8, which includes moving away from Aero Glass — the UI first introduced with Vista. According to the company, this means visual changes that include 'flattening surfaces, removing reflections, and scaling back distracting gradients.' Despite all of these changes with the interface, the company doesn't appear to be worried about the issue of 'learnability.' Instead, Microsoft believes that with a little help it won't take long for users to adapt to the new operating system."
Now, most programs need to bring up Admin privs for installation and that's the last you see of UAC if you are not doing admin-specific tasks.
You mean, exactly like you use sudo to install programs, and that's the last you see of sudo if you are not doing admin-specific tasks?
Yeah, so exactly like sudo (as deployed in a typical home-use Linux setup, not the full extent of its features), except with a shim to make it get called automatically, instead of tossing the user a "foo: permission denied" error, and expecting them to know that 'sudo foo' will get them around it.
The intrusivity is both to create the annoyance you mention, and to make sure they actually mean to click on it, and aren't mistaking it for some other, less important dialog (since it's automatically called without user knowledge, potentially originating from malware).