What Windows 8 Needs Is Some New Furniture

Microsoft has pulled back the curtain and given the world its first glimpse of what we can expect from Windows 8. Microsoft made a charge of instructive that Windows 8 testament keep going existing computer hardware, but it failed to remark that you might need a red-hot desk.

I'd suchlike to work with Windows 8 using touch gestures, but first I'd need a refreshing desk.

Why? Well, Microsoft seems to have done for to nifty lengths to modernize the interface of Windows–this is far and away the most dramatic makeover Windows has gotten in its history. One of the defining features of the Windows 8 interface is that it is uniquely suited for manipulating and interacting via affect. As natural as soupco gestures might beryllium for the Windows 8 operating scheme, information technology is not natural to touch up to tap the monitor sitting happening your desk.

I should know. I already feature a touchscreen monitor that I connect my laptop to when I am sitting at my desk. It is an Acer T230H 23-inch monitor. I thought that it would follow really cool to be able to interact with Windows 7 via sense of touch, only the reality is that is extremely impractical. I tried it for a patc, but my shoulders go tired pretty quick when holding my gir out straight in front of me for extended periods to tap and swipe the screen.

I realize that beneath the facing of flashy tiles, and the revamped 'Zune-esque' exploiter interface, the traditional Windows operating system I am accustomed exists someplace. Yes, it is possible to pilot Windows 8 with a shiner and keyboard, and the touchscreen port is not a requirement. Only, I would rather make up able to use touch gestures as cured.

What Windows 8 needs is a desk where the monitor lays down or else of standing upward on spinning top of the desk. But, a completely flat reminder would also be a pain ergonomically–both in terms of the viewing angle and strain on your neck, and in terms of having to reach out across it to tap and swipe.

But, if the monitor were lying at a svelte angle–with the Qaeda essentially making meet with the top of the keyboard, information technology would be in a good position for viewing, and in a reasonable position for working with the touchscreen interface.

Then, Windows 8 will work at my existent laptop computer hardware, and Windows 8 will work with my existing touchscreen monitor. But, I need some new piece of furniture that make it practical to really use the touchscreen monitor. Microsoft needs to coordinate efforts with piece of furniture makers like Bush, Sauder, and IKEA to train new desk designs that position the monitoring device for Windows 8.