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Originally Posted by SebC
That's the problem. MS needs to stop trying to cater to Mac users, and start catering to PC users.
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I never said they are catering to Mac users. Windows 7 and OS X, and iOS (and Linux) have more in common with each other than Metro has with any of them.
I applaud them for developing a "design language" or UI concept that is new and unique (maybe WebOS cards are similar, I don't know; I never got a chance to try that platform). The tile based design has the possibility of presenting more information than the desktop metaphor of any of the current OS's with their heaps of static icons. Their implementation of "contracts" between apps to provide consistent and contextual sharing of data and tying together cross-app functionality is also quite interesting and forward looking, and could lead to some interesting possibilities when you start to aggregate application functionality (eg. install a Flickr Metro app, and via its contracts, all of your apps instantly gain the ability to publish images to Flickr)
Whether it will be popular with the masses remains to be seen, but I wasn't assessing it based on potential popularity, nor on how it caters to Mac users, since it's nothing like anything Mac users have today.