Block by boring block.

If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, ...

This Linux project proves you can bring back Windows 8 - but not why you should ...

An expert on user interface design has called Windows 8 “disappointing” for novices and power users alike. Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, studied how a dozen experienced PC ...

I like writing about Windows 8. But every time I do — like right now, as I’ve been working on a post on Windows 8.1 — I’m bedeviled by the same conundrum. It’s minor but aggravating, and it confronts ...

Noted usability expert Jakob Nielsen has written about Windows 8 and its dual interface, drawing on the reactions of twelve users who tried Windows 8 PCs and Surface. Whatever your own take on Windows ...

A U.K. design team recruited 14 Windows users and subjected them to the new Windows 8 interface. Apparently none of them cottoned to it immediately. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of ...

Start Menu is for those (the majority) who don't need to pin a thousand programs. They just need a few and they prefer to have an unobstructed view of their desktop while they hit a link to small ...