touch-friendly

  1. Feature: Windows 8 for software developers: the Longhorn dream reborn?

    Early this month, Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell on Windows developers: the new Windows 8 touch-friendly immersive style would use a developer platform not based on .NET, which Microsoft has been championing for the past decade. Instead, it would use HTML5 and JavaScript. Since then...
  2. Windows 8's New Interface: Love It or Lump It? [Snap Judgment]

    # snapjudgment Microsoft yesterday released a video walkthrough of its brand new interface , and while it's notably touch-friendly, Microsoft noted that this is the new Windows for desktops, laptops, and mobile devices alike. It's still too early to understand exactly how it'll work in practice...