An expert on user interface design has called Windows 8 “disappointing” for novices and power users alike. Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, studied how a dozen experienced PC ...

I like writing about Windows 8. But every time I do — like right now, as I’ve been working on a post on Windows 8.1 — I’m bedeviled by the same conundrum. It’s minor but aggravating, and it confronts ...

After over a decade of trying to stretch the Windows user interface to include mobile devices, Windows 8 promises to go the other way -- taking the Windows Phone interface and grafting it onto Windows ...

Jakob Nielsen says that Microsoft's new operating system is plagued by "hidden features [and] reduced discoverability," among other issues. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who ...

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company ...

Windows 8 rates as Microsoft’s latest bet-your-company move, with the computer industry rapidly adopting mobile platforms. For Windows 8 to thrive in the corporate environment, however, it has to not ...

<b>commentary </b> The usability expert branded Microsoft's new operating system "disappointing." But his approach would lead to the kind of incremental improvements that have dogged Microsoft for ...

According to StatCounter, Windows 8 and 8.1 still account for about 4.3 percent of the Windows install base worldwide, far less than Windows 11, Windows 10, or even Windows 7. But for the people still ...