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Windows 8 Metro really impresses me

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Back in September Microsoft revealed a lot of what Windows 8 will be about. The thing that caught my eye was the new ”Metro UI”. The other day, while on a train from Malmö to Falun, I finally had the time to watch the ”8 Traits of Great Metro Style Apps” video. If you are interested in computers, development etc you should really watch this.

Microsoft has made some great decisions about Metro. The fact that they again and again in the presentation encourages the developers to use standard UI and controls instead of rolling there own is great. Finally Windows might be a platform in the same sense that OS X is, i.e. programs will feel like a natural extension of the system instead of something completely alien.

One thing that I really liked when I first heard of it was the idea of contracts. After seeing the video I like it even more. This seems like the perfect way to get apps to co-operate in the next generation of operating systems. Let’s hope and pray that Apple finds it equally great and steels it for iOS.

Hotmail works with Exchange

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I just learned that a Hotmail account can be accessed via Microsoft Exchange and thereby getting a more IMAP-like functionality. To me, this makes Hotmail very useful as an iPhone Mail account.

Silverlight and IE9

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You are running a browser that may not be fully compatible with Microsoft Silverlight.

Well, I’m using the latest version of your browser. Nice work Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows 8

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A few days ago I saw a video showcasing Windows 8. I think it’s a week or two old but to me it was news. (You can watch the video here.)

I must admit I am a bit impressed. It’s been a long time since I used Windows a lot, and an even longer time since it was my one and only operating system. However, this demo really got me curious. I’ll most likely not switch back to Windows, but I see a silver lining for Windows as a platform, even greater that the light in the tunnel that Windows 7 seems to be.

Windows 8

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I’ll have to admit that I’m impressed by a lot in this video about Windows 8. http://j.mp/mNiQ1u