In their wisdom, Microsoft believes that original equipment manufacturers should create their own interfaces on top of their embedded operating system. It looks pretty darn good – well, except for the browser which uses Internet Explorer 7.
While it is different from what we’re seeing with Windows Phone 7 (which won’t come to tablets), it does bear a close resemblance.
Microsoft may have seen the light when it comes to more tightly controlling the user experience in mobile phones, but sadly, that revelation isn’t carrying over to the tablet space.Īt Computex, Microsoft is showing off an ARM-based tablet running Windows Embedded Compact 7, which comes with an impressive Silverlight-based user interface, created using Expression Blend.
#Silverlight update for mac software#
Windows 7 is Windows NT, whereas Windows Embedded Compact 7 is Windows CE – different kernel, different software stack. While Microsoft is pushing Windows 7 on one hand, it’s promoting Windows Embedded Compact 7 on the other. As such, I just can’t understand why Microsoft would leave creating tablet user experiences to OEMs. Whether it be adding pre-exisiting software to Windows OEM installs, or software they write on their own, it is universally bad. I think that no matter which group you belong to – Apple, Linux, Windows, BeOS – we can all agree on one thing: original equipment manufacturers are terrible at writing or pre-loading software.
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