6 reasons the 'reimagined' Windows 8 has people talking (The Week)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Week - 1. You'll want to use your hands"When you try it for the first time, it feels a bit like stepping out onto ice," says Mat Honan at Gizmodo. While most desk-bound users will still use a mouse to interact with Windows 8, if you're lucky enough to own a (still rare) touchscreen desktop, you'll find using gestures and finger swipes to navigate quickly becomes a "transcendent" experience. "Microsoft is betting a lot on touch... the fast approaching future of user interface," but it's hedging its bets, by letting you use touch or a mouse. Metro boasts big colorful icons and apps that glide on and off the screen, and touchscreen-users can zoom in and out by pinching your fingers. "Getting your feet beneath you is tricky" if you're used to the old Windows. "But as your learn your way around the interface, instead of slipping, you begin to glide."

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