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<blockquote data-quote="redpa18t" data-source="post: 959674" data-attributes="member: 136344"><p>The metro UI can be navigated with a remote or through keyboard controls. That's not the main issue with it. The bigger issue is that the app developers are tailoring their apps to be "touch" oriented. So most of the apps render the remote control useless. Perhaps they'll update them down the line to be more remote or keyboard friendly, but as of now, they simply don't work that well on at the ten foot level.</p><p> </p><p>I too had the same vision initially with Windows 8, thinking I would be able to open and navigate all the apps with my remote. I think the Metro UI has a lot of potential for the HTPC market. But it's still such a small market that the funding and development just isn't there for someone to build the product necessary. Now if the big money developers of the Netflix or HBO apps make them more remote friendly, then we're on to something. Until then, it's just a dream...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redpa18t, post: 959674, member: 136344"] The metro UI can be navigated with a remote or through keyboard controls. That's not the main issue with it. The bigger issue is that the app developers are tailoring their apps to be "touch" oriented. So most of the apps render the remote control useless. Perhaps they'll update them down the line to be more remote or keyboard friendly, but as of now, they simply don't work that well on at the ten foot level. I too had the same vision initially with Windows 8, thinking I would be able to open and navigate all the apps with my remote. I think the Metro UI has a lot of potential for the HTPC market. But it's still such a small market that the funding and development just isn't there for someone to build the product necessary. Now if the big money developers of the Netflix or HBO apps make them more remote friendly, then we're on to something. Until then, it's just a dream... [/QUOTE]
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