Browsing photos are speedy: just click the thumbnail image to view with EXIF details, click again for a full-screen view, use keypad to browse other images, and hit Esc to go back to thumbnails view. You can even use the same keyboard and mouse controls to navigate the content, like right-click for context menu, drag-and-drop to move content to another folder, backspace to move up to the parent folder. The web UI is consistent with the Windows 8 Modern UI look and feel. The adoption of Windows 8 also made me try for the first time, and online Skydrive web portals, and I must say I quite like it. If you choose not to create an online, you can still create a local user profile, but you need an online account to download Windows Store apps. This allows me to pick the apps I want to install, and certainly a good way to keep track the apps I have tried previously. Although the apps are not automatically reinstalled, it is easy to reinstall them as the Windows Store keeps track of all your Modern UI apps (not the desktop ones) installed on various devices. There is no need to set up all over again. My emails appear on the Mail app, my calendar gets sync too, my online photo albums starts to appear. Once I create a user profile using my online Windows account credentials, I get back all my settings, my Start screen theme, my desktop wallpaper, my accounts I connected to like Gmail, Facebook, Flickr. This really helps me when doing gadget reviews on Windows 8 or RT devices. It is so easy to synchronise my PC settings across different Windows 8 and RT devices. Windows 8 is very cloud-friendly, taking a leaf off the competitors. There are third-party apps that you can install to bring it back! Read on further and I will reveal more details. Just like the Windows Phone, some of the app tiles provide live feeds and notification counters.Īnd if you are still sore about the fact that the Start menu is gone, fret not. Yet, for some advanced customisation options, the system will still load up the desktop-style Control Panel for you to make changes. There are new setting screens to manage the customisation of the Modern UI. There are new touch gestures to interact with these apps. The apps run on full-screen unlike desktop apps. Modern-style apps can only be downloaded and installed from the Windows Store. The Modern UI comes with its own set of rules and behaviour which takes some getting used to. My view? I consider this a bonus interface of Windows 8, a secondary benefit for my use. This is the one that scares most of the consumers off, especially when the Start screen replaces the Start menu from the desktop. Named Modern UI, it is optimised for touch interaction and runs as if it’s another operating system. Besides the desktop, Windows 8 comes with a new interface previously known as “Metro”.
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