Probably because it signs you up just for poking around…. which makes the analyst that is me cringe. Its like a poorly constructed survey… I don’t think that’s telling you what I think its telling you.
I imagine most of them did the same thing I did… came, signed in to our non-hotmail account, looked around, and left unimpressed.
http://mashable.com/2012/08/01/outlook-million/
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I kind of dig the minimalist interface that they chose to go with over the cluttered and busy interface that Hotmail got when everything became “Windows Live.” Everything is a lot more smoother and loads faster. If they make their IM client multi-protocol and with a similar interface, I’d probably switch back to it over Trillian.
That being said, I’m not a fan of the Metro UI on desktops. I really want to like it, but there’s something frustrating about using mouse clicks for touch gestures.
]]>I never much used hotmail or windows live mail, but I do like their overall UI… I just don’t find anything particularly compelling to make me want to switch to it. Like Steve McCartney , I just want to secure names.
Although I’ve said they need to meet Trillian head on since their early messenger days… At this point if it isn’t multi-protocol its useless on my computer. That sort of thing is fine for site-only chat, but otherwise, it needs to let me talk to whomever I want.
I’m with you on the Metro UI. Its fine for touch-screens…I kind of predict/hope that SP1 will introduce an option as to if you want an Aero or Metro desktop experience. I think that should be how it is at launch, but that’s just me. Metro may be the only option on some form factors, but otherwise, I think it would ease more of our transition to Windows 8 (like, maybe, making more of us do it.)
]]>Shaun Burks: I haven’t used it much either. I mostly check it through Trillian and that’s about it. I totally agree, Microsoft should have taken Trillian, Pidgin, and Meebo head on and really try to integrate multi-protocol chat, but what can you expect from them when they can’t even release an “official” Windows Live app for Android. Microsoft is too busy pushing their platform when it’s clear that many people use multiple protocols and thus, use these tools to prevent running 3 – 6 IM clients at a time.
I spent 2 hours playing with Metro and to my dismay, it took me forever to even figure out how to shut down the computer and I consider myself quite proficient at computers and operating systems. Much less learn how to efficiently use keyboard commands after being trained to rely on a primary point-and-click GUI.
I, too, hope that they eventually offer an option to toggle between Metro and Aero, or even a Metro themed Aero desktop (which still baffles me why they didn’t do this). However, upon learning that they’re ripping out the Legacy Code from Windows 8 gives me less hope as it stands. I guess I’ll be riding out Windows 7 like most people rode out Windows XP.
]]>With everything else the aquire, I’m surprised Trillian isn’t the foundation of both Messenger and Communicator/Lync. The latter actually had some capabilities in that regard but fell short when it couldn’t roll them up into a single contact.
There overall problem is they don’t bother to even meet the competition when getting into something, let alone one-or-two-up-them. Three or four releases of something before it can really even stand up against its competition. I don’t get it.
I think a lot of us will do with Win 7 what a lot of folks are still doing with Win XP. I’ll wait and see. Definitely one I’m sitting out until a service pack or 2 on anyway.
On the other hand, I wasn’t terribly keen on losing Program Manager at the time… and that Office Ribbon sucked at first, but has definitely grown on me…. but seriously… powering down should be super-intuitive, no?
]]>Yeah, supposedly. I ended up just force closing VMWare because I got tired of pressing buttons and trying to navigate Metro. I like to believe I’m technologically proficient, but Metro seems to really throw a curve ball.
I totally agree with your comment about it taking several iterations before it can stand up against competitors. They have pushed the tablet PC aspect of Windows 8 so hard that I, and others have been left wondering what the incentive is for desktop users. As it stands now, there is nothing there to convince me to upgrade.
Don’t even get me started on their server OS for Windows 8…
]]>Heh heh. I shudder to even think of a Metro-based server. I haven’t tinkered with it much, because it looks fine on the Windows Phone, but I know that UI is based off Zune, and I’ve played with Zune. I like the UI on the device well enough. I wouldn’t extend it to the desktop.
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