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Is Windows 8 dysfunctional?

By Jeff Orloff  |  Dec. 14, 2012  |  21 comments

In a recently published article Jakob Nielsen thoroughly trashes Windows 8.

This is not your typical Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux argument. There are no attacks on the security flaws, stability or even cost of the operating system. This assault is directed at the area for which Nielsen is famous: usability.

Windows 8, he states, is full of, “hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low information...