The Windows Start button has been an iconic and (eventually) highly intuitive UI feature in Windows since good old Windows 95 confused and confounded Windows 3.1 users back in the day. That was nearly 20 years ago…Yikes!
Its disappearance was just one of the criticisms levelled at Microsoft when the Windows 8 betas emerged, and everyone got in a bit of a flap about the Metro Modern interface.
According to The Verge, Microsoft have listened to the online *ahem* discussions…and is reportedly bringing back the Start button in the next major update for Windows 8. There is …
The Windows Start button has been an iconic and (eventually) highly intuitive UI feature in Windows since good old Windows 95 confused and confounded Windows 3.1 users back in the day. That was nearly 20 years ago…Yikes!
Its disappearance was just one of the criticisms levelled at Microsoft when the Windows 8 betas emerged, and everyone got in a bit of a flap about the Metro Modern interface.
According to The Verge, Microsoft have listened to the online *ahem* discussions…and is reportedly bringing back the Start button in the next major update for Windows 8. There is also talk of having a “Boot to deskptop” option too.
The actual functionality of the resuscitated button is also still a little moot, but either way, this is good news and should go a long way to appeasing the nay-sayers.
It’s taken a bit of getting used to, but here at Framework Towers, we likes us a bit of Windows 8, it’s a solid OS.
Get GitHub for Windows now!
Native Windows client for GitHub now available – Microsoft OS-based developers can get their hands on proper Powershell integration, drag and drop repositories using Explorer, and a sexy Metro-esque GUI with which to control their source.
GitHub is kind of synonymous with open-source software development and code collaboration – it’s not the only web-based Version Control solution around, but it is arguably one of the most popular, and has been for some time.
To date Git(Hub) has been a weapon of choice for command-line coders – although with some plugin jiggery-pokery, platforms such as Eclipse have enjoyed GitHub integration of sorts.
But now, with an official native Windows client, developers living in Microsoftland can get their hands on proper Powershell integration, drag and drop repositories using Explorer, and a sexy Metro-esque GUI with which to control their source.
The Windows GitHub client aims to do away with SSH keys as all its traffic goes over HTTPS and your credentials are cached (and you can even assign a Gravatar avatar to your commits). Both the free and Enterprise GitHub options are supported, and the client has been designed to run on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Scribbled by Tom
Android Design Preview tool for UI mock-ups – beta available
One of Google’s clever chaps, Roman Nurik, has announced a new UI tool for Android app developers and designers, allowing them to send screen mock-ups via ADB to their Android devices, in real-time.
One of Google’s clever chaps, Roman Nurik, has announced a new UI tool for Android app developers and designers, allowing them to send screen mock-ups via ADB to their Android devices, in real-time.
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