Microsoft has quite a task on its hand, balancing the Modern UI with the desktop environment. Windows 10, just like Windows 8 before it comes with a lot of instances where these two overlap.
For example, the Charms bar or the Networks pane that slides in from the right. All these use the Metro design philosophy. Even the low battery notification and login screens make use of the Modern UI. Some people don’t mind this — others do.
However, it appears that this transition is going to continue in Windows 10.
The File Explorer in the new operating system, for example, comes with the Share contract. In the desktop environment, that is.
A Share tab was present in Windows 8, of course, but it was not quite how the current functionality is built into Windows 10 Preview. A universal Share button is now present in File Explorer, in what is quite possibly the first time a Metro element has been used outside of that environment.
Click (or tapping) that, slides in another panel from the right, allowing users to easily share a file wherever they want. Limited functionality for now, but is sure to be enhanced in the final retail version.
That is, if this feature stays in.
What do you guys and girls make of it? Does this desktop implementation works for you? And would you like to see more such Metro features making the transition?
source:windows10update
