Windows Weekly 303: MacGyver Matlock

In the podcast Paul mentions that Metro is good on touch devices and the desktop is good for non-touch devices. I argue that the desktop (as limited as it is) should never have been added to RT. The true solution is to create Metro versions of Office and only have the Metro interface on RT devices. The Frankenstein dual OS is goofy.

Metro in its current state stinks on big screens because of the full screen requirement. I wish Microsoft would add Multi-Metro window support like ModernMix, rewrite all apps to Metro, and kill off the Desktop.

Killing the Desktop could happily bring the death to:
Editing the registry
ActiveX
The difficulty deleting apps
Installing apps with Admin rights
Malware
Dual desktop/metro updates
Shared DLLs

I dream of replacing the Windows Desktop with a more secure, modern, and simple multi-window Metro style architecture. My unsophisticated friends and family consistently have hideously infested/corrupted PCs. I love that even my least sophisticated friends, coworkers, and family can't install malware, trojans, worms, keyloggers, or snoopware on their iPad. I am tired of seeing a Windows app inadvertently corrupting/screwing up the configuration of another Windows app/driver on my damn laptop or servers.

I dream of ARM based computers with multi-window support for laptops or big 27” screens that are secure, super thin, light, and passively cooled with insanely great battery life.

With real pieces of good laugh in it!

I would like to think that all that Microsoft R&D is at least leading to a lot of (obscure) patents being filed. So that when you hear that ZTE are promoting their crossed legs gestures, Microsoft can pounce on them witha patent lawsuit. Microsoft Reasearch have a few interesting Apps concepts and beta releases, which need to be handed over to a product teams. I guess a significannt proportion of their efforts may go into the 'dull but important' Enterprise product streams.

You guys give MJ a hard time when she is trying to explain Microsoft Enterprise product Releases. This is at least one area that Microsoft is doing pretty well. It may not be interesting to the consumer, but its the area that Microsoft is becomming more reliant upon to keep in the game to fund itself staying in the fun consumer stuff.