People may as well stop complaining about the Windows 8 Modern GUI. It's not going anywhere.

An online acquaintance commented that few Win8 users were using Modern apps, and that the Modern interface was useless for desktops because it's too tablet-centric, and it doesn't offer good multitasking.

Well, yes, it is designed for tablets. Why? Because it certainly looks like the personal computer of the near future - not the office workstation, maybe, but individuals' own machines - will all be tablets, except for a few nerdy hobbyists.

And true, the current Modern interface is poor at multitasking. But it does it, and better than Android or iOS do: you can see two apps at once.

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