Windows 8 App Development: The Pros And The Cons

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Microsoft launched the latest version of its operating this year October. Windows is one of the major OS platforms used across the world for the development of good & successful applications. This is the reason why there was great consumer anticipation surrounding the platform prior its release. Windows has always been identified with its user friendly & intuitive user interface. Will Windows 8 also be received as an impressive feat to have hit the world of technology, or will it fail to meet the expectations of the target customers? Below is a detailed discussion of the pros and cons of app development using the Windows 8 platform.

Pros of App Development with Windows 8:
1. Easy Development Procedure – Developers will find it very easy to switch to this new operating system for building apps, since knowledge of only basic programming languages like CSS, JavaScript, and HTML5 is required. These languages are some of the simplest & quickest to learn & adopt in the app development procedure.

2. Access to Microsoft App Store – Along with Windows 8 comes the release of Microsoft’s App Store. ...
... This means that app developers will now have access to a central hub from where they will be able to distribute every application that has been built.

3. Good Quality Task Manager – Windows 8 comes with an improved version of task manager. The new task manager has easy to use features that will be useful for both power users & regular users. Along with the task manager, Microsoft has also attempted to improve the quality of the user interface of the Windows 8 platform. Upon startup, all users of Windows 8 will view a page showing the list of all running applications & other applications which are not responding for multiple reasons. Unlike the previous versions of Windows OS platform, a user will not be able to see the Processes, Performance, Services, Users, & Networking tabs upon startup in Windows 8. While regular users can select applications and click on ‘End Task’, power users can click on ‘More Details’ and get an improved version of every aforementioned tab.

Cons of App Development with Windows 8:
1. No Start Button – Since Microsoft had introduced the Windows operating system, users have been seeing the start button on the main screen. Eliminating this well acquainted with icon may lead to unpopularity of the Windows 8 OS platform.

2. New UI – The newly designed user interface of Windows 8 is rather confusing, say analysts. While it is easy to transit from the Metro UI to the desktop, finding one’s way back to the Start Menu is rather difficult. Since users are having to spend too much time around the new UI designed by Microsoft, and the fact that it is getting difficult to browse around one’s own computer, has led to Windows 8 being criticized by technology experts.

3. Reduced Desktop Support – The new user interface of Windows 8 gives users the feeling that the OS was designed specifically for tablets and was only later ported to desktops. Though Windows 8 can function when one uses the mouse & keyboard, the flow is poor. Since Microsoft had announced the launch of a platform that could be used across all types of devices, people have been skeptical about the touch screen friendly quality of Windows 8.

Hence, both improvements & flaws are part of app development using Windows 8. Only time can tell how popular or disliked the operating system will be.

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