Author: Dingcheng Digital, Reprinted from: www.dcfbuy.com, Publication Date: September 16, 2011
The release of Microsoft's Windows 8 system brought good news to Windows tablet users with the HTC Incredible S. However, a series of announcements made by Microsoft today regarding Windows 8 left many less than thrilled. Samsung's P7510 is also mentioned in this context. First, on Wednesday local time, Microsoft announced on its official blog that the Metro version of IE10 optimized for tablets would not support plugins because the experience provided by plugins is inferior to that of Metro and HTML5. However, the desktop version of IE10 will continue to support Flash and other plugins.
Dean Hachamovitch, head of the IE team, also wrote in his blog post that not supporting plugins in the Metro version of IE10 can extend battery life and greatly help improve system security and user privacy. Although plugins played a very important role in the early development of the web, since the advent of HTML5, plugins have gradually been downplayed. Supporting plugins could instead affect the browsing experience of Windows 8 tablet users.
We all know that the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs consistently refused to allow Flash on iOS devices, citing reasons similar to Microsoft’s. This time, Microsoft also rejected Flash on its new system, raising suspicions that it might be imitating Apple. Lenovo Y470N-ISE is mentioned as an example.
In addition, Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows department, also announced at the annual meeting of Wall Street analysts and fund managers held on Wednesday that programs developed for traditional PCs (x86 architecture) are not compatible with ARM-based Windows 8. This means that Windows 8 tablets using ARM chips cannot run existing Windows applications. Samsung T959 is cited as an example.
Although at the Microsoft 2011 BUILD Developer Conference held on Tuesday, Sinofsky's statement was interpreted as software compatibility between Windows 8 tablets and desktop versions of Windows 8. However, a Microsoft spokesperson stated that this was a misunderstanding. At the conference on Wednesday, Sinofsky officially clarified this: from the initial CES conference, we have already made it clear that ARM products cannot run any x86 applications. He pointed out that it is impractical for software on the desktop version of Windows 8 to be cross-version compatible with Windows 8 tablets. Software developers need to optimize their programs to fully utilize the hardware.
Although a series of messages make us feel regretful about this new product, the excellent user experience still left many who tried the system ahead of time quite amazed. So, how many people will look forward to the official version expected to be released in about a year? Let's wait and see.
Dingcheng Digital: www.dcfbuy.com, Apple iPad2 3G version (64GB), BlackBerry 9900, Nokia N9.