Many of the same issues still exist...this is just putting lipstick on a pig. This obsession with FULL SCREEN app with hidden command bar, horizontal scrolling items...I've gotta tell you guys...ppl hate Metro. There's a lot to like about Metro, but there also lots to hate...
1. Why does the dialog box in Metro run from one edge of the screen to the the other? It's ugly and doesn't make any sense. What if you have multiple apps side by side and a dialog comes up, does it cover both apps?
2. Since the advent of computer UI, items have been scrolled vertically. Visit the Windows Store and you have this huge list of items scrolling horizontally. This is just plain weird, no other way to put it. This horizontal scrolling is every where in Metro...
2. Open a few Metro apps and all of a suddenly you realized that all the Metro apps look the same to you, with the HUGE text header and the big rectangles and squares and the horizontal scrolling of items. There is no personality from apps to apps. Enough with the big ugly rectangles already. Enough. Developers should be allowed to develop their app differently. People are tired of this big block rectangular thing called Metro...just too overwhelming.
3. Why the obsession in Microsoft with full screen? A full screen calculator or timer on a 23" screen, who needs that and where do they do that at? Doesn't make sense. To make matter worse, the buttons in the app bar are hidden by default. Take the app Fresh Paint for example, it comes up in this full screen mode with the app bar or command button hidden. No matter how many times I used this app, I feel stuck and have to wonder for a minute how do I exit from this thing. There is obviously not a lack of space or real estate, so why are button being hidden. If it is on a 5" phone, I would understand this, but this doesn't make sense. Command buttons need to be visible and available and you should not require user to right-clicked before showing the app bar.
3. Why is the Metro scroll bar so ugly? Why is the context menu also so ugly...they don't even match the Metro theme.
4. Users hate full screen, especially on large displays. If the OS is called Windows, where are the windows? So if GDR3 now allows you to dismiss an app by clicking on the X, why can't you do the same in Windows 8.1? Have you ever tried to close an app in Windows 8 using a mouse by dragging the app from the top to the bottom? C'mon Microsoft. The markets will speak for itself. Consumers rejected Windows 8 and I think that they will reject it again, because the some core usability issues still exist, even though you guys have fixed some.
5. Is it me or does Windows 8 start screen not look like a crowded convoluted mess, with all the square blocks animating? There need to be breathing room between the "Live" tiles, the greatest innovation from Microsoft (more on this in a min). Also, why is it that when you install an app, it installs everything, including help files, in your "app apps" screen. Imagine having over 100 apps install on your machine?
6. MS love to brag about live tiles, but truth be told, Live Tiles is probably only applicable in maybe 20% of the scenario (weather app, calendar, etc). 80% of the time, all you have is a glorify icon in a big rectangular square taking up important real estate. Also, it doesn't make sense have all that animation like a coloring book even when the live tile is not visible on the screen. All you're doing is killing the battery.
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