Microsoft Demos Metro UI For Enterprise Apps 116
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has demoed a working prototype of Microsoft Dynamics GP (an ERP package) running on Windows 8, with a full Metro UI. This is the first example of an enterprise app for the Windows 8 metro 'wall.' The one hour keynote is available online behind a short registration form ... (demos start around 40 minutes in). Screenshots available at source."
Re:Looks a bit like Powerpoint. (Score:4, Interesting)
The entire MetroUI looks like Powerpoint in my opinion. At first I thought it would grow on me. Seems like it's growing like a tumor though and it's completely useless. RDP in Metro isn't my idea of how I want to manage multiple servers. This is a huge step back and like a commenter below said, very much like DOSSHELL.
Who decided "full screen apps" was the way of the future again?? Could we please hop in the Delorean and take care of them??
Sound of Jaws Music... (Score:4, Interesting)
I certainly hope that MS doesn't roll this shite out to the rest of the "Dynamics" family. They have already hamstrung layout and created ridiculous UI faux-pas-es enough with their "Role Tailored Client" (tell me WHO else makes the default for deleting records be "YES"?!?!?).
This is just hideous. And I fear it is a-comin', like the shark in Jaws....
Re:Looks a bit like Powerpoint. (Score:3, Interesting)
The only way to fight the plague of failed web developers ruining otherwise-functional interfaces is to shun them [slashdot.org].
Otherwise, it's back to the derp [youtube.com]. Computers are used to analyze data and produce content, and need flexible and customizable UIs with lots of knobs to tweak, and lots of data to give us feedback on what's going on. Tablets and mobile phones are used to consume content and can get by with elegant chromeless UIs. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with either sort of device or either UI, but those of us who know the difference between producing and consuming content know exactly what went wrong.
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