

Mail, Calendar, and People apps all get subtle improvements






Windows 8 app refresh
Mail is among the refreshed apps.



Sources: Microsoft, ZDNet

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RE: Interest lacking
By LordSojar on 3/26/2013 12:14:15 PM , Rating: 5
Except that Windows ME was plagued with bugs and crashes. Win8 isn't, and is amazingly stable and one of the fastest OSes on the planet at this point in time. Comparing the two is rather dumb. The comparison to Vista is also stupid since Vista was a bloated, hardware engulfing monstrosity when it first launched with little to no developer insight prior to launch. Windows 8 also is the exact opposite in that regard, with a very transparent developer opportunity well in advance of launch as well as extremely lean hardware requirements and very low system usage.

So... the primary issue that people have is that the Start Page is a bonkers and that they want the Start Bar back. Personally, I have a love hate affair with the Start Page. It's search functionality is amazing, especially with search spreading throughout the entire subset of system options and other apps/online. However, it is disruptive to the user experience at this time, and Microsoft needs to desperately group things in the All Apps view so that it's not a clusterfrack of garbage readme's etc. They need to tweak the UI to be more mouse and keyboard oriented as an option on desktops and lastly, they simply need to allow for custom tile creation, backgrounds, etc. The preview of Blue shows a full color changer, which is a welcomed addition, and expansion of the PC Settings menu to be far more useful, so that's good though.

Change is tough kids, but progress marches on. Microsoft has done an aggressive move that may or may not be to your liking, but at least they're trying to push the advancement of touchscreens heavily, which in my book, is a great thing.

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RE: Interest lacking
By mike66 on 3/26/2013 7:07:07 PM , Rating: 2
Windows ME was plagued with bugs and crashes
The main problem was a memory handling issue, If you used greater than 128mb of RAM then it would have all sorts of problems, after a quick regedit it would behave very nicely, simple fix but in those days there was a greater expectation that programs and OS's should be made correctly before release instead of updating and patching all the time. Win7 was relatively bug free when released and that went a very long way to it being so popular, MS could have easily left the start menu and left the choice of which interface to use depending on which devices it is used on. Win8 is good on a touch screen but fails on a desktop monitor. I as a Techy am listening to the none techies I help, most want the start button and menu the way it was and either want me to patch win8 or downgrade to win7 because they aren't using a touch screen.

RE: Interest lacking
By deathwombat on 3/27/2013 8:31:50 AM , Rating: 2
For years I've never understood why people claim that Windows Me was unstable. I used it for years before switching to XP and it didn't crash any more often than 95 or 98 did. I remember people telling me "everyone I know says that Windows Me sucks", but I don't think I ever met anyone who used it. I suspect it's the same as people who bashed Vista without using it.

