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1. Re: UI discussion: Windows 8 starting to look like the new 3dsMax direction

   

   Reply by gsokol · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Well, in response to the Windows Ribbon...personally I don't like it..but A) There is an arrow on the right hand of the screen, so you can hide this. If you are a nublet you can use it, if you are a regular/power user then you can ignore it. B) A lot of those options in the Ribbon are popular commands done by keyboard and…

2. Re: UI discussion: Windows 8 starting to look like the new 3dsMax direction

   

   Reply by sirenblue · Aug 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Wow, most of the functions of the first picture are already covered via right-click menu. (If not for hotkeys) Maybe they should have the RMB to go "click me!" for first-time users. Edit: Come to think of it, looking at that are they starting to shape their UI for tablet PCs?

3. Re: UI discussion: Windows 8 starting to look like the new 3dsMax direction

   

   Reply by pior · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I don't understand the argument of the big ugly colorful icons being targeted to "new users with no prior Win experience". Windows desktops, tablets or laptops are all fundamentally different from, say, an ipad (which can indeed be safely picked up instantly because it has no notion of hard drive or folders). You cannot…