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Yes. And I liked it ( I was puzzled by the UI for the 3 first days.) Besides usability and esthetical considerations, MS has done something very clever : Javascript as a first class citizen for building apps is a game changer.

I can't say I'm a huge fan, it is really undiscoverable with the charms etc... The one normal person I showed it to kept hitting escape to try to get out of where they were.

I don't think it will do overly great based on what I've seen. But we'll see if I'm wrong!

It's not a great experience for working, I had to admit that. But as an "entertainment OS" I found it really interesting.

Yes they definitely should have added the concept of going back.

WebOS had HTML/JS apps as well and it didn't do very well. Execution, not ideas, is what wins user's loyalty and dollars. Microsoft was king of execution in the 90s. Today, not so much.

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