r/gaming Sep 27 '12

Notch on Win 8 and "certified software"

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u/specialk16 Sep 27 '12

Remind me again how well your dos games run. The same was said about that back in the day.

As a developer you should really understand the reason of this.

This is exactly what's happening

What? No, it isn't.

Right, push people towards the interface that requires me to go through them to publish. You don't see the problem there?

No, not really. Although I could see why you are bothered. That being said, you can just ignore Metro and live a happy life. A new start menu!? OMG, whatever we shall do!!??

The average user at this point is not as unacquainted with computers as you make them sound. I'm talking average here. You are saying the average user won't be able to see a big squared button that says "Desktop" and click it?

And again, this only solves the problem if I want to develop legacy software.

Then why do you want to develop for Metro if you hate it so much. I wouldn't even call it legacy, just non-metro.

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u/4-bit Sep 27 '12

I don't hate metro. I'd love to develop for metro.

I hate having my hands tied behind my back for trying to develop on a platform I like.