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imafishimafish
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 Posted - 10/23/2012 : 15:53:50
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Hi Rob,
I'm sure you've looked into Windows 8 support. I was sure I'd read something on the forum, but searching I couldn't find any threads. I imagine as a desktop app there will be few (if any changes required). But what about in the metro-style start menu? And the apps that run in that space. Will SP work there?
I've seen some videos about Windows 8 and it looks quite clumsy for a mouse, but with the power of SP it could be a really nice experience, especially since the Start screen and Windows 8 apps are designed for touch. |
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Rob
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Posted - 10/23/2012 : 16:17:50
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To be honest, I'm not going to run Windows 8 for a while as I really dislike Metro.
In the desktop arena, I believe S+ is working fine (my Win8 VM is kaput, but S+ worked fine back when I first installed Win8), but I don't think it does anything in the Metro space due to not being designed as such. I'm sure I'll play around with things eventually, once Win8 has been out for a while and information and real-world development practices/examples are all over the web. For the meantime, I'm not planning on anything major as I believe it's pretty much a rewrite to work in the Metro space (or I think a completely separate Metro app)...but I really haven't looked into it at all.
At this point, it remains to be seen how well Metro is adopted; I speculate it won't be as high as MS is betting on. Another matter is that from what I've seen, most power users have no interest in Metro; in fact despise it (hell, S+ user breakcore still rolls classic XP with all visual styles disabled!). That being the core demographic of S+ users, the value of rewriting a whole new app for Metro isn't compelling...again, at this point in time. It may very well take off and that would be a different story.
Really, I believe S+ will ultimately need to be rewritten (or duplicated) for a touch world where a single mouse-button and some modifiers just don't cover it. It will need a multi-touch gesture engine, which is an entirely different beast and it will be interesting to see how much I'll be able/willing to invest in learning that! But, I like to tinker..I've also pre-ordered the Leap Motion device, so that should open the doors to learning about multi-point gestures.
On the other hand, apps like S+ could become moot as touch increases and developers consider a new world of interface design utilizing touch and gestures, leaving little room/value added by a new S+.
Who knows? Guess we'll just have to see where things take us  |
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