Windows 8

Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available for download

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 29, 2012 a 10:32 am

Sure iPhones and iPads are made by Apple, but many if not most iOS users are also Windows users, and just today Microsoft has made their next-generation operating system available for test driving via the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out.

Iterate 13: Global Moxie

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jan 8, 2012 a 1:13 am

Iterate 6: Tapbots

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 a 8:32 am

Marc, Seth, and Rene iterate through Windows 8 and Metro, whether should designers know how to code, tool tips yay or nay, and asset export redux, and interrogate Mark Jardine about Tapbots and their distinctively delightful iPhone and iPad apps. This is Iterate!

iPad Live 74: Palpatine Tar-jay

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 19, 2011 a 1:08 pm

Georgia, Rene, and Seth discuss Sprint getting and Target maybe losing iPad 2, Wonder about accessibility, and Windows 8 and Metro for tablets. This is iPad Live!

Windows 8 tablets won't support Adobe Flash either?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 16, 2011 a 12:37 am

Like Apple with iOS for iPhone and iPad, Microsoft appears to have no intention of supporting Adobe Flash or other web plugins in the upcoming IE 10 for Metro in Windows 8 tablets.

Running Metro style IE plug-in free improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers. Plug-ins were important early on in the web’s history. But the web has come a long way since then with HTML5. Providing compatibility with legacy plug-in technologies would detract from, rather than improve, the consumer experience of browsing in the Metro style UI.

Microsoft previews Windows 8 as desktop/tablet iPad rival

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 a 12:16 pm

Yesterday Microsoft gave us a brief look at its next operating system, code named Windows 8. The operating system will be aimed at not only desktop and laptop PC systems but also the tablet market. Will Windows 8 deliver enough for a Windows Tablet to become a real competitor to the iPad and iOS?

Iterate 3: Prototypes

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 26, 2011 a 9:57 pm

Marc and Rene iterate through Firefox's UX presentation, Adobe's Expressive Web Beta, Facebook's recent design acquisitions, Retina Displays for Macs, the HIG, and talk with David Forgash of SourceBits. This is Iterate!