Weekend Open Forum: Windows 8 ditches Aero Glass -- will you miss it?

So they're planning on making it a no-nonsense interface. Good. That'll help me with the migraines I get when staring at Metro!

The aero theme is what give me an attraction and desire to migrate from Windows XP. Then the simple navigations found in Windows 7 over Windows Vista made the choice to skip Vista an easy decision.

Let me see if I can get this straight. Microsoft has reverted their logo back to what it looked like in Windows 1.0. They are dropping the Start Menu that has been available since Windows 95. The aero style which has been present in the last two version is also being dropped.

Has Microsoft decided they can no longer go forward and need to start over with their OS designs? They seem to be going back to the 90's with their style.

Retro seems to be all the rage these days. With a little bit of luck, we might see an 8 bit version of Windows for the Commodore 64 in the near future. Think I'll just skip this one and see what Windows 9 offers when we get to that point.

There is probably something to it. I also like my mew OS looking "new" when I install it. Especially when MS is often a step behind Apple's design aesthetic. But I'm hoping that modding Windows 8 will be as easy as prior versions. One of things that I always liked about Windows was that there are going to be tons of software out there to customize your experience.

I'm actually a little excited to bring my desktop from home to school and start messing around with Windows 8 to see if its worth upgrading to or not.

There was still no need to ditch the aero glass.

I don't like the Windows OS business model. They should copy the mobile model by making the OS free and charging for apps. Version changes should be added to a configuration menu that allow the end user decide what they want to use...including aero glass.

hell no will I aero glass its a bad app for windows.more speed is the way to go!!

I like simplicity!

let me choose!

Man I like Aero.
it gives me those new shiny look from a new OS compared to XP.

Aero is one of the best visually enticing features of Windows 7,I love it, and for Microsoft to ditch it confirms me of not buying W8. W8 losing the start button was a real mistake, thats what sets it apart from the Mac. You cant put a touch interface on a non touch system, it is absurd, and will lost Microsoft a lot of business.

Plenty of Aero-glass type options for Gnome desktop (with and without start button!)

I hate this new look. I wont upgrade to windows 8. I plan on using windows 7 on my next new desktop. I love the current look of 7. why do they change everything? I loved xp, and now I love 7. vista sucked and 8 will suck.

I like the Aero-glass for the same reasons most other people do in this thread.

I won't be getting Windows 8, even if there is an option for Aero-glass installed. Fact is, I don't have stupid £££s to spend on something that looks and feels worse than what I've already got.

(first, I'm a different guest than the previous one)
@Matthew: Yes, you can tweak Foobar to function exactly how you like. When a song starts you could have the artist and track title appear in the center of your screen for 2 seconds in size 70 font if you really want.

Myself I have the discography of almost all the artists I listen to, so I have an unbelievable amount of music. The easiest way to navigate through is sorting by artists with album sub menus like Windows Media Player 10 allowed, however nothing allows this anymore... and since WMP10 isn't supported by Windows 7. Foobar lets me customize it perfectly to suite my needs:
http://imagecrate.de/u/1337406464_whatever-you-want.png

I set it up for usability, not for looks. You could replace all the UI, make it look beautiful if you were so inclined. Foobar really is the ultimate media player for Windows. It's the Firefox of Media Players (customize it to function and look exactly how you want).

No. Want performance, not eye candy!

I can understand why such things (performance, simplicity, etc..) might be important for a tablet-like device, where display size and power is are important issues.. but, for a desktop OS with today's hardware? No. I've never had the desire to turn off aero under Vista or W7 and run with it.

I'm interested in how they're going to get tablet users to pay for an OS.
Unless MS starts making hardware, it's going to be an added cost.

...and I liked Aero.

I think the main problem with aero was that most people really had to use it, because the standard look was ugly as crap