Crazy how close Microsoft and Steam has gotten over the years
Microsoft is experimenting with a Windows gaming handheld mode for Steam Deck-like devices
Microsoft employees are looking at optimizing Windowswww.theverge.com
Microsoft isn't making a handheld. they're trying to make a better handheld Windows11 UI, for devices "like the Steam Deck"
As much as people hated on it, the Windows 8 Metro UI was amazing for a touchscreen or handheld device. So Microsoft clearly has the chops to make a great gaming UX.
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their phone ui was crazy too but ppl wouldnt develop for it
Windows 8 was released 2 years after the iPad. Sites like The Verge and Engadget were constantly fawning over iOS and how touch interfaces were the future of computing. So Microsoft gave them what they asked for, a PC OS with a touch based interface, but they crapped all over it for how it worked with keyboard and mouse. Window 8 Metro UI was waaaay ahead of its time. The swipe gestures and charms bar fit right in today, 10 years later. Microsoft reskinned it with a Windows 7 layout and called it Windows 10, and all the haters loved it.The thing with Windows 8 is that it came at the most weirdest of times. You got to factor in that Windows XP was still the wave and MS had to grab people dragging and screaming to get Windows 7. Then comes Windows 8 like WTF
I actually didn't mind W8 and actually enjoyed 8.1
Folks failed to see that Microsoft was trying to push in the direction of smartphone UI capabilities. I bet you that if they brought back W8 for free and with 10 years of support, folks would ride the wave because it's adaptable to the ecosystem of a typical smartphone.
Throw it in the safe. Usually they are bolted into the cabinet/closetgoing away for two weeks but don't think i'm bringing my deck, can't trust these folks at the hotel
and they need your credit card to open em. and i know yall not leaving those lying around
