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Date: 29 Mar 2024 23:37:24 GMT
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:14:09 -0400, -hh wrote:

> Oh, so what you're trying to claim then is that their invention of a UI
> which mimicked Windows 8 just as Microsoft was launching it was all
> nothing more than a pure coincidence?

Not a coincidence but it was something that was in the air. By 2012 
smartphones were becoming prevalent, tablets were starting to replace 
netbooks like my old Acer, and touchscreens were starting to appear on 
notebooks and even some desktops. Presenting a uniform UX would seem like 
a Good Idea. Like a lot of Good Ideas developed in a rarefied atmosphere 
it wasn't a sale.

Although they backed out of 8 rapidly they were still trying with UWP. 
That wasn't very popular either. WinUI and maybe MAUI are more of the 
same. 

 
> There's always the choice to not adopt/buy, which is what a lot of
> mainstream customers did to MS ... and resulted in MS backtracking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(user_interface)

Unity was more of a different approach to the desktop rather than a Metro 
copy but suffered from the same dislike by users.  Computer desktops 
aren't the only things that have that problem. How many bands and artists 
have moved from what made them popular only to find the listeners didn't 
follow? If they're lucky they find new listeners, It's the same with 
authors; genre hopping may or may not work.