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Originally Posted by profroopchan
This is my first WM. I checked out what it would be like without TF3D, and I do not know how I could live without TF3D. It is like night and day difference. I could not access anything that I commonly use without TF3D. With this having such little hard keys, it would be a pain to get around. It would be just like my Palm OS. I would live in the "programs" screen.
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Well, that's just it. Microsoft would do themselves a huge favor to hire someone like whomever HTC hired (assuming they didn't do TouchFlo 3D internally) and have them redo the interface to *some* extent. Windows is a fine OS. I'm a Linux user primarily, but my laptop is Vista at home. I used Windows CE and Pocket PC PDAs for years and years. So I'm used to it.
However with stuff like Android (I have to mention it since I switched to the G1 and love the GUI), the iPhone and cell phones in general, Palm and Windows Media interfaces are going to be difficult for most people. Most people want to interact with their phone as if it were a phone. Or at the worst a PDA. Not as if it were a desktop operating system complete with a control panel and file explorer.
Microsoft would do well to find a company to help them streamline the Windows Mobile experience into something recognizable, but more in the direction of TouchFlo 3D. Even though my machine was slow, I really liked TouchFlo 3D. I feel like it did a good job of aggragating everything I cared about most on a smartphone onto a few simple tabs and from which I could navigate with a few clicks here and there. It's definitely a step in the right direction. The problem is the rough edges. You dig just below the surface and suddenly you're looking at ok and x buttons in the corner, scrollbars, etc. Suddenly it's Windows on a tiny screen.
Some may love that, but for me I'd like the combination of the power of Windows coupled with a completely different user experience on a phone. I think it's more than eye candy. It's a necessary evolution for WinMo.