A Single Ecosystem for PCs, tablets, phones and TVs →
Nilay Patel reporting for This is my next
Lees went on to say that Microsoft wants to provide “coherence and consistency” across different devices, “particularly with Xbox,” and that the goal isn’t just to share UI
In which world does it make sense to have the same UI as you have on your PC on your tablet, your phone and your TV when all four have different screen sizes, resolutions and methods of input? Then the above sentence continues like this:
, but also core technologies like Internet Explorer.
Speechless…
There is however one positive side to all of this. It goes a little like this:
Our sources also tell us that Microsoft is seriously considering ditching the “Windows” brand name in favor of something new when all this goes down.
So when can I get my hands on all this universal UI so I can make fun of it, you ask? Well you can around 2016 if, you know.. the market hasn’t changed by then and Microsoft ships on time.
