can you really not have multiple windows on win8 screen?

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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/windows-8-fails-to-impress-us-analysts/306451-11.html
"Nielsen's another gripe is that "Windows" no longer supports multiple windows on the screen. He comes to a conclusion that the inability to open multiple windows creates a memory overload for complex tasks."

does this mean you cant have a couples browser windows on the same screen at the same time. is using a desktop now literally like using a retarded tablet? why would they do this?

 

[pmv]

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/windows-8-fails-to-impress-us-analysts/306451-11.html
"Nielsen's another gripe is that "Windows" no longer supports multiple windows on the screen. He comes to a conclusion that the inability to open multiple windows creates a memory overload for complex tasks."

does this mean you cant have a couples browser windows on the same screen at the same time. is using a desktop now literally like using a retarded tablet? why would they do this?

Presumably that's only if you are running a Metro app rather than using the desktop. And why would you want to do that?

(The whole point of using Metro apps appears to be that you, for some unaccountable reason, want to pretend your desktop is a giant tablet.)

 

[ViRGE]

Presumably that's only if you are running a Metro app rather than using the desktop.

Exactly. You can have all the windows you want on the desktop. It's Metro that's limited, and that's because it's a monolithic environment to make it suitable for tablet use.