I don't even understand how people can say that Windows 8 is "dumbed down." In my opinion, it's more confusing than anything else. Although the UI is simple in design, it is not simple to use. Removing all well-known UI items, hiding menus, throwing users back and forth between two separate UIs, and crippling multitasking doesn't make a computer more friendly to "dumb" users. In fact, it just makes it more complicated and confusing. "Counterintuitive" is the correct term to describe the experience with Windows 8.

What really irks me is how Steve Sinofsky (the cuntbag in charge of the Windows 8 development; also the bastard who who presented the W8 tablet during the crash on stage) brags about the UI changes on the development blog. In his blogs, he frequently compares to the iPad's iOS UI. He likes to talk about how more of the screen is spent on metro tiles opposed to frequently used UI functions. What he is too fucking stupid to realize is that "in your face" UI items actually have a purpose. Users shouldn't have to hunt around for the correct menu, even if it is only one "swipe" gesture away. Are they honestly trying to argue against the most successful, and arguably the most user-friendly UI designs of the past 10 years?

Windows 8 is late to the show, and although they ARE innovating in some areas, it's not what users are going to want. Microsoft is following in HP/Palm's footsteps with the Pre and the Touchpad, and we all know how that panned out in the end.