Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation

Why HN readers recommended it

Linked in Windows 8 threads as a funny but accurate summary of its usability problems.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

blogphilofilms

Topic

windows 8 ux

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2015

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• No, you feel that way because that's actually how it is. This guy described a lot of the problems with Windows 8 and he is pretty spot on (although he does exaggerate a bit in some cases): [VIDEO]

• Microsoft made a mistake trying to force a made-for-touch interface on PC users, and in the end the strategy is not that different than forcing a PC interface on a touch device. It may actually be worse, because at least in that case you would …

• >unattractive, resource-intensive, usability damaging Subjective, compared to what, subjective > simple, efficient, usable flat design is in. subjective, subjective, subjective. I don't know where this utterly moronic "flatten ALL THE THINGS" design meme comes from, but I wish it would die in a fire. Flat …