What do you think about Metro?

At first I was dismissive. A gimmick, I thought, the latest marchitecture from Redmond. A radical UI from a company whose UIs made us yawn a long time ago.

Then I started hearing a steady drumbeat from the developer community, from people I respect. The guru class of Microsoft-related developers are on fire about Metro. They seem to think it is the first new paradigm in 10 years. So now I have an open mind. It's different, true. I am not sure about the desktop but I think Metro is going to be a serious player on tablets. It seems made for a touch interface. And it has won at least one award from a designers' group.

All revolutionary things are both revered and reviled. They force us out of our comfort zones.