Last week, Microsoft launched a Consumer Preview to give the public an opportunity to test drive their latest platform. The follow-up to Windows 7 is scheduled to be available to the public sometime this year. The platform is designed to respond to input from a touch screen, mouse, keyboard or pen. The design appears to build on their Windows Phone 7 design, with a tile-based interface.
Reviews for the interface have run from excitement at the fun and innovative tiles to frustration at the unfamiliar lay-out, with most of the criticism arising from desktop users navigating the screen with a mouse and keyboard. It may be this platform is better suited for touch screen devices. What's your opinion?
To check out Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview, follow the link below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview
Reviews for the interface have run from excitement at the fun and innovative tiles to frustration at the unfamiliar lay-out, with most of the criticism arising from desktop users navigating the screen with a mouse and keyboard. It may be this platform is better suited for touch screen devices. What's your opinion?
To check out Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview, follow the link below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview
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