Windows 8 tablet applications begin to surface

By Tom Warren, on 26th Aug 11 4:42 pm with 130 Comments

Third party software developers are beginning to plan their Windows 8 tablet applications.

USA Today and Jetstream software are both developing native Windows 8 touch experiences for the upcoming operating system. Despite a lack of details from Microsoft, developers appear to be eager to to take advantage of the new touch enhancements in Windows 8. ZDNet discovered two applications that are designed with Windows 8 in mind.

The first is USA Today. The popular newspaper is planning to use the Metro UI of Windows 8 for its tablet application. Robbie Dillon, Art Director at USA Today describes the application in his online resume:

In preparation for the Windows 8 release, this app is being built to take advantage of the touch-first, native environment of Windows 8, while retaining the look and feel of the Windows Metro UI and showcasing the content of USA Today.

The application blends perfectly into Microsoft’s new tablet focused interface for Windows 8 and appears to be just a concept at this stage. Microsoft will detail the full developer requirements for its new interface at BUILD next month but the company did reveal in June that developers could take advantage of HTML5 and JavaScript for their Windows 8 apps.

USA Today Windows 8 tablet app

The second application is a social traveling app concept by Jetstream Software. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner who works very closely with Microsoft on upcoming versions of Windows:

Jetstream has worked extensively with each new Microsoft Operating system long before it is released. We’ve been building applications on Windows 7 since early betas. By the time most companies begin development on applications for a new operating system, we’ve been using it daily for months. We’ve learned the pitfalls, what works, and most importantly what does not.

Jetstream software Windows 8 tablet concept

The interest in Windows 8 is considerable at this stage and it’s interesting to note that developers are already working on versions of Windows 8 apps before the official specifications have been laid out. Microsoft has a lot to share next month and developers will be all ears in order to create some of the most unique and beautiful experiences for Windows 8.

  • Anonymous

    I can’t wait for windows 8. The iPad is going to be fine because it’s apple and nicely designed, but Android is going to have to up their game if they want to compete with a touch-based  full blown OS on ARM like Windows 8.

  • Anonymous

    I can’t wait for windows 8. The iPad is going to be fine because it’s apple and nicely designed, but Android is going to have to up their game if they want to compete with a touch-based  full blown OS on ARM like Windows 8.

    • Jinge

      Totally agree

    • Jinge

      Totally agree

    • Major Plonquer

      I agree 1000%.  What will Google do?  What will the steal next?

  • rojo

    Although I cannot wait for Windows 8 as well that Jetstream application is a hot mess! The USA Today app is really nice looking!

    • Anonymous

      What’s wrong with the jetstream app? It’s organized in three columns. Should be easy to use. The only wrong I see is that on a 10″ tablet the fonts are too small and might be hard to read.

    • rojo

      From a design perspective it’s not very clean. They need better structure, color balance, etc. etc. They clearly do not have a design/ux team. And if they do…well that’s not good. There are some fantastic apps that are designed for metro (Bank of America comes to mind) and take advantage of it really well.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Dawkins/746307628 Ricardo Dawkins

      sea of white text over black background and shades of gray. Not good.

    • http://www.promptdesigns.com Rom

      I also don’t like the Jetstream app. perhaps because of the cramp leading spacing. looks too heavy on the eyes.

    • Anonymous

      Notice the X icons on the top columns, looks like you can customize the layout how you want so it should be pretty flexible depending on the screen size you have etc.

    • http://www.twitter.com/wixostrix WixosTrix

      It isn’t the much different than how Seesmic is laid out.  It looks super busy but all the columns are user specified so the user will know exactly what their looking at.  I think it’s fine.  

    • Mmmm

      Yep. The biggest challenge for existing Windows developers is to LEARN HOW TO USE PROPER PADDING AND MARGINS. It is now more important than ever since Metro heavily relies on proper proportions more so than other OSes’ UI schemes. Otherwise, Windows apps will continue to be ugly.

      So, please, Windows developers, hire proper designers, like other web/tablet/fruit app developers. :)

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Viki-Maverick/100002523433166 Viki Maverick

      Is that a unicorn in your photo sans the horn? I am not surprised that you are so ignorant and blinded by fanboyism that you refuse to accept reality. If you have ever used WP7, you will understand that Windows Apps are not ugly. Since the same Metro UI will be cascaded to Windows 8, I’m sure windows apps will continue to be beautiful.

    • Anonymous

      Theres no fanboyism in his post.  Hes just saying metro relies heavily on proper proportions to look good and developers shouldnt overlook it and think metro is just throwing text everywhere.

    • Corey

      Some apps are amazing, but most are beyond ugly, which makes a lot of people not use them. Especially the tiles. Most people won’t pin ugly tiles to the home screen. I’m a Graphic Designer, and metro is such a hard design language to get right.

    • Joe05

      Thank you for your post as much as I am a die hard MS fan I find metro to be a terrible UI,   I want to say it is beautiful but reality after first look it just does not work.  I really wanted support WP7 but after tso months I just had to give it up for something that put would be style over substance while not ever really achieving the former.  Please MS it is not to late to reject metro design,   

    • MSfan

      Yes metro is both simple and complicated and that equals BAD

    • Anonymous

      People who complain about the Metro UI must not read magazines, because it’s a similar layout. Don’t blame Metro UI for a developer’s lousy design.

    • Anonymous

      It might be, for those attempting to break out of the box. Solution? KIS(S)! There are plenty of good examples out there, examples that one can use as templates for ones own idea. At least with Metro we have some guidelines beyond the old, and quite boring, desktop.

      Mag+ is definitely something to take cues from as well.  

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Viki-Maverick/100002523433166 Viki Maverick

      Is that a unicorn in your photo sans the horn? I am not surprised that you are so ignorant and blinded by fanboyism that you refuse to accept reality. If you have ever used WP7, you will understand that Windows Apps are not ugly. Since the same Metro UI will be cascaded to Windows 8, I’m sure windows apps will continue to be beautiful.

    • OMG55

      so i guess you think the WP7 zune app  is a hot mess? Because at first glance, it appears to taken on the look and feel of it. May its cramped looking because its basically a social networking application with lots of correspondence and infomation.

    • Anonymous

      Totally agree! That Jetstream app is horrible! It may have looked OK on WP when only one column or feed was visible but on a tablet or regular desktop it just looks like a confused pile of text and imagery.

  • Anonymous

    holy godness! this sure is the future! Move Over Apple! 

  • Nitin 3354612003

    Wow…..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NISFTYXF5K32DRTG5SHSPCB3HM PETER H

    cool, can’t wait till next year.

  • http://www.facebook.com/simon.andrews Simon Andrews

    Metro seems to lend itself to information overload :/

    I like having everything easily accessible, but I also like it to be presented cleanly – cramming everything into tiles makes sense on a small screen, but here it seems like they’re stretching out to *find* more things they can show, and it’s overwhelming.

    • GP007

      The USA Today app seems clean and fine to me, as for the 2nd one, I agree.  

    • Anonymous

      The Jetstream app looks pretty much how every news site I go on look. Obviously, the USA Today is cleaner and easier to read.

    • Anonymous

      Yes let’s kiddifie every single app. *FACEPALM*

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NZRPL7DK7DFQQO44J5TM4PQLGU Harvey

      Yeah, its a lot of info, but i like that much info.  I can scan and see a lot at a glance ( which is one of the selling points if the new MS view ).  I think UIs like this is a little scary at first, but once you get it, you will like the ‘glance’ style of seeing up-to-date info. 

    • http://twitter.com/RobertCFP Robert Wade

      Then I’d say you never tried a Windows Phone.  Overload it’s NOT.  I’ve said this a hundred times, pictures do not depict the OS.  You HAVE to handle a device, it’s that simple.

    • http://www.facebook.com/simon.andrews Simon Andrews

      It works well on a phone, but it doesn’t seem to scale.

    • http://twitter.com/RobertCFP Robert Wade

      Then I’d say you never tried a Windows Phone.  Overload it’s NOT.  I’ve said this a hundred times, pictures do not depict the OS.  You HAVE to handle a device, it’s that simple.

    • Anonymous

      Dont blame Metro, blame poor understandings of Metro (i.e. bad 3-party concepts). Hopefully, and most likely, MSFT will, with the help of some illustrative examples, show everyone else “how its made”.  

  • Guest

    Windows 8 is looking to be a pretty spectacular failure. Microsoft should just go back to supporting Windows XP forever. Everyone is switching to Mac anyways. This way, we can all switch over, and boot camp XP for that one app Mac doesn’t have.

    • GP007

      *facepalm*

    • Prakash Heda

      sometimeguests are so naive

    • Guest

      Did you forget to sign in with your GDal alias?

    • Guest

      Twat

    • Aaron

      This guy is right everyone.  There is no way MS will have a successful operating system after XP.  MS is a dead company and cant sell an….. wait, sorry, I have to take a break from my computer because our company is rolling out Windows 7 to our 40,000+ employees right now.

    • Anonymous

      That’s only because MSFT paid your company to roll out a junk OS…

    • link

      lol did someone paid you to roll out a junk comment?

    • Aaron

      Look, I’m not going to post the name of my company, but they are a pretty respected large company.  And they don’t blindly upgrade to the latest OS just because its there or MS told them to.  Otherwise, they would have rolled out Vista / Office 2007 2 years ago, which they decided against.  My work laptop that was running XP actually runs a little better under 7.  Windows 7 is a good, stable, and secure operating system.  Just accept that already.  And I’m not sure how long Microsoft would be able to stay in business if they literally had to pay everyone to use Windows 7.

    • Aaron

      Look, I’m not going to post the name of my company, but they are a pretty respected large company.  And they don’t blindly upgrade to the latest OS just because its there or MS told them to.  Otherwise, they would have rolled out Vista / Office 2007 2 years ago, which they decided against.  My work laptop that was running XP actually runs a little better under 7.  Windows 7 is a good, stable, and secure operating system.  Just accept that already.  And I’m not sure how long Microsoft would be able to stay in business if they literally had to pay everyone to use Windows 7.

    • Guest

      Sometimes it helps to take your head out of your ass and get some fresh air.

    • Guest

      Windows 7 is junk. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I had Windows 7 on a new machine for a little less than a day, and by that point was infested with viruses. Took it back to the store and bought a Mac, then I had a friend install XP so I can still play my games.
      Enjoy your viruses Microsux. 

    • Frylockns86

      If you’re getting malware on a brand new Windows 7 machine, you’re doing something seriously wrong… Just saying. Malware attacks don’t “just happen” anymore.

    • Frylockns86

      If you’re getting malware on a brand new Windows 7 machine, you’re doing something seriously wrong… Just saying. Malware attacks don’t “just happen” anymore.

    • Shiro

      Sounds like you were too dumb to turn the firewall on or install Microsoft Security Essentials. Yes, you are probably better off with a Mac.

    • Shiro

      Sounds like you were too dumb to turn the firewall on or install Microsoft Security Essentials. Yes, you are probably better off with a Mac.

    • http://www.searingarrow.com AlienSix

      wow you just lie like a rug dont you?

    • Jinge

      You are funny, I have never had any virus on 7. Ok, I am using an anti-virus… but wait! ohhh, it is MS antivirus, MS Essentials! Anyway it has never detected any virus!
      Why do you try to troll like that? Ok it is full of MS Fanboys, but you should go softer on drugs on friday nights ^^

    • Frylockns86

      Maybe a Mac is good for you, after all you come off as one of those frustrated people who just click through anything and everything without bothering to read what the prompt says. 

      But I just wanted to make sure you’re all set up on your Mac. Do a Google search for “Mac Guard” and make sure to have that installed. It’s a new Apple tool designed to keep your Mac protected. :)

    • Guest

      “I had Windows 7 on a new machine for a little less than a day, and by that point was infested with viruses.”

      What did you think was going to happen when you got through surfing those gay porn sites?

    • Anonymous

      Troll much?

    • Anonymous

      Your problem is you’re downloading illegal softwares.   Shame on you, fool no one for your action.

    • Tuxplorer

      Ha ha I bought a Mac last week, becaue my XP was full of virus, spyware, keylogger etc. But as soon as I opened my Mac, it was full of Conficker, Brontok, Stuxnet etc etc. I returned the pathetic Mac which is so ugly, and got a beautiful Windows 7 Laptop in return. Now, I have no problems whatsoever. Looking forward to Windows 8 as well.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, Mac has less viruses due to its small user base, but those few viruses have no way to be stopped.

    • Anonymous

      OMG!!! get a life!!! GO back to school idiot! you will probably make into the next Dumb & Dumber cast, automatically!

    • Anonymous

      Windows 7 was after xp, it’s fastest selling OS award would like to talk to you.

    • http://twitter.com/jimmyfal Jimmy Fallon

      Did your Mom name you after your dad?

    • http://www.timsmithmma.com Tim Smith

      Guest accounts should be called Troll accounts by default.

    • Shiro

      Troll harder!

    • Shiro

      Troll harder!

    • Anonymous

      400 million W7 licenses in less than 2 years is what? More OS licenses than Apple has sold, ever? :- )

    • Anonymous

      I think that’s an unfair and shortsighted statement.

      Windows 8 may not look great to you, but it has not proven itself to be unpopular yet. It’s not even been released yet. Once it’s released and people have the chance to use it, then the market will decide whether it’s good or not.

      Windows XP? Not even Apple’s Boot Camp supports XP that now.

  • http://www.withinwindows.com Rafael R.

    Images are missing attribution (Jetstream Software, Robbie Dillon).

    • Guest

      Legitimate point. But you seem to not comment here unless it’s to criticize. Is there some hate on between you and Tom that we’re unaware of? Because I respect both of you and read both your sites.

    • Simon33

      Raf, you are cool any everything but tom has attributed both those people with links in the article. What more do you want? What’s with you constantly attacking people at the moment…makes you look like an ass :(

    • Ray Stevens

      Troll. Go back to your site and stop trolling this site.

    • Ray Stevens

      Troll. Go back to your site and stop trolling this site.

  • BucksterMcgee

    Beautiful!!

    ….And if at any point an OS action pulls us away from this beauty to interact with the legacy desktop, I will cry…. followed by a heavy does of expletives. >.<

  • TOTO

    awesomeness
    Metro ui forever
    can’t wait for this shit

  • TOTO

    awesomeness
    Metro ui forever
    can’t wait for this shit

  • Aaron

    The USA Today app looks pretty nice, almost a copy of the Windows 8 home screen itself.  But I don’t know about that second app, it looks to cluttered.

    • Anonymous

      Some of us can process lots of information on one screen. Not every app needs to be one little icon, be a fucking adult.

    • Anonymous

      You know that’s just the home screen for the app and once you select a category you get a different view of the articles and such in that section?  Jeez, whine some more about the Metro UI design, we get it, you don’t like it.  Sorry many do.

    • Jinge

      I agree until “be a fucking adult”.
      Some people do prefer to get quick and clean info and get more IF they want to, some prefer to get as much info as possible without having to interact

    • Aaron

      I have obviously offended you with my personal opinion.  For that, I apologize.

  • Aaron

    The USA Today app looks pretty nice, almost a copy of the Windows 8 home screen itself.  But I don’t know about that second app, it looks to cluttered.

  • Anonymous

    The USA Today app available for Windows Phone 7 looks very similar to this Windows 8 version. The extra screen real-estate of a PC/tablet is put to good use here. Looking forward to Win 8.

  • Kieran

    Does anybody know round about when windows 8 is coming out so I know when to sell my iPad 2 while it’s still worth something…

    • Anonymous

      The rumored timeline is summer/early fall 2012.

    • Kieran

      So about this time next year?

    • Kieran

      So about this time next year?

    • Anonymous

      That’s the current estimate yeah.

    • Aaron

      I think you are right but I wish you were wrong.  Me want Windows 8 now :(

  • Anonymous

    For those who don’t know, USAToday app for WP7 is arguably the best mainstream news app for WP7.

  • Anonymous

    Anyone knows if those were written in HTML5 as MS was supposedly recommending to SW devs?

    • Aaron

      I think they are just mock ups considering MS has not released their framework yet.

  • Anonymous

    This has been a good month!  Can’t wait to hear what comes out of BUILD!

  • http://adamhaider.com Adam Haider

    I really hope that Microsoft will give users the ability to customise tile colours because their choice of colours are too harsh. It would look much better if they were toned down a little.

    [Refer to my Windows 8 mockup for what I mean and compare it to what Microsoft are showing: http://adamhaider.com/post/6327399648/my-personalised-windows-8-start-screen]

    Jetsream is far too text heavy IMO; aesthetically speaking it needs to be spaced out and broken up by using different text colours, adding an interesting background image or using a different layout. It looks too much like a boring Twitter client (columned streams).

    That being said I am sure there will be many great looking apps — Epicurious and all the other amazing WP7 apps would look amazing on a tablet. Seriously can’t wait!

    • Jashar

      Agreed about the colours. It harkens back to XP ‘Fisher Price’ days. 

      A single colour or a subtle gradient across the length of the tiles on screen would look less cartoonish.

  • Valued Customer

    Way too much clutter on Jetstream, and way too much wasted space on USA Today.

    I’ll take a pass.

  • Aaron Rodriguez

    I hope all apps take the usa today model and craft something like looks like the base win8 tablet interface to keep things consistent…..  Not a fan of the jetstream one…. looks like they took the panorama concept for wp7 and scaled it to show all the pivots at once (which the only reason for the pivots in wp7 is lack of screen real estate… with a larger screen that is not needed)

  • Guest

    Save yourself the trouble and buy an iPad! Lol!

    • Frylockns86

      LOLOMGYOUSOFUNNY -NO!

    • Aaron

      iPad’s are nice devices, but not for me.  I wan’t a touch friendly tablet that can still access the same software as my desktop or laptop.  There are a million reasons why that can be beneficial so I won’t go into them.  There will still be a market for iPads after W8 since they are simple, designed well, and made by Apple.  But i think W8 on tablets will be a huge success and I can’t wait to get one.

    • Guest

      You’ll regret that once Windows 8 fails. Face it, iPads are the future! LOL! Have fun with Winblows FAIL Edition! Don’t forget your Metro Anti-Virus, Metro Anti-Spyware, and your Metro Registry Cleaners! LOL!

    • Aaron

      Holy crap, you can’t be serious.  If you are just posting that to solicit an angry response, then I’m sorry to disappoint you because that actually gave me a great laugh.  Metro registry cleaner?  hahaha!  I’m actually tempted to design one as a good joke.  Besides, trolls like you apparently need them because running Windows 7/8 is just plain to complicated and hard for you to understand.  Just proves my point, there will always be a market for iPads…

    • Anonymous

      Id rather have the ability to prevent spyware and malware to begin with instead of waiting for the OS maker to push down a fix after my info has already been exposed.

    • Guest

      Did play school let out early today?

    • Frylockns86

      Dude. You are beyond help at this point. Registry Cleaners? Really? LMAO!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Floyd/1358554781 Stephen Floyd

      Ipads are the future? Really? Even with the 5 year old Phone OS thats running on it?

    • Anonymous

      No thank you, Id rather have a full experience OS in my tablet that can print, watch full screen 16:9 widescreen movies, be fully productive with Office 2010 using a K&M, surf the web with Flash and Silverlight, the ability to run more than one app on screen at a time, and play any and every file and formats I can throw at it.

    • Anonymous

      I’m with you dude, but remember most people don’t care about all that flexibility. They like the locked-down simplicity of the iPad. Kiddie device for kiddie minds…

    • Anonymous

      +1, but I dont see not being able to get Flash and Silverlight content while surfing the web to be simplistic…I dont see the iPad not being able to print as being simplistic…I dont see its inability to play WMVs and other file types as simplistic. I see these things as being restrictive and actually complicating things even more. People say, “I want it to just work”, yet their’s a lot of things on the iPad that just doesn’t work. I have no problem with a tablet form factor, but once I get one, it has to be running an OS that gives me the most amount of options.  

    • Anonymous

      No thank you, Id rather have a full experience OS in my tablet that can print, watch full screen 16:9 widescreen movies, be fully productive with Office 2010 using a K&M, surf the web with Flash and Silverlight, the ability to run more than one app on screen at a time, and play any and every file and formats I can throw at it.

  • Anonymous

    I have been hearing for long now, apple, apple and more apple….apple products are this, that and crap…but M$, welcome to the FUTURE…

    • Jinge

      That’s maybe the problem: future… they are not here yet… They have to hurry a little bit, otherwise, except for fanboys, it’s going to be quite difficult to get to the level of the others. Showing everything now is nice, but google has a lot of time to answer BEFORE W8 is out. They are releasing quite frequently, and may implement the bests things before W8 is out!
      Even if they won’t get .Net and SilverLight which are really great, and compatible with WP, while darvik is only compatible with… Android, and might be translated to java, but who develop an app for java these days?
      But hurry MS, don’t release crap, but don’t loose tile to release! :)

    • Anonymous

      Agreed, but I personally believe the turtle won the race after all, as for M$ they shouldn’t speed up and throw some crap into the market, let them slow it down, be careful, innovative, creative and bestow upon us the mighty Windows 8…

    • Guest

      I disagree with you in regarding to throwing in some crappy hardwares with Windows 8 running to slow down the sales of iPad market.
      If you take a look at those Android tablets, and you will understand why iPad continues to generate sales.  They are laggy half baked OS, crash constantly, and not enough apps.   Afterall, it is all about the apps that will enhance the sales of Windows 8 Slates/Tablets.
      Microsoft is being cautious, and as long as they produce a fast and intuitive UI.  Allowing developers to develope apps, and working with OEM for a competitive hardware, long lasting battery, powerful enought to replace a laptop/desktop when needed.
      I’m seeing Windows 8 slates/tablets as a bottle of fine wine.  Will open it when it’s ready to consume.

    • Guest

      agree*

    • Anonymous

      Seems we are on the same page but different paragraph…If you are thinking battery life, Asus has 10+ hours battery life even mac has 7+, for apps, WPM has registered 30000 apps in 9 months faster than android [17 months] and just shy of iphone [7months]…so yes M$ is a dominating force in innovation, as for M$ letting the developers do the app math, I believe as the OS goes into developers fingers, that is when the game begins…

      Crappy hardware…I dont think so, I believe it will be the same case as Windows, it can simply run on any hardware…flashy or not…

      If you look as Asus Eee-Pad, its the most profitable android device, agreed, only subtly buggy but is still the 2nd best in sales compared to iPad…[http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/13/asus-to-ship-300-000-eee-pad-transformers-in-june-surpass-all-n/]

      Time will tell…fingers-crossed..!!

  • Sam

    You all do realiz that these are not finished products, right? These are concepts, it’s best to wait to see the final product before judgement. The USA Today app looks more like it’s home page, not the individual subject page. The Jetstream app don’t look like it’s set to the home page as in the USA Today app. Again, these are only mockup ideas!

  • Spart

    beautiful :)

  • http://twitter.com/SCGreyWolf GreyWolf

    The JetStream app is a panorama control. You don’t see all of that at once.

  • Mark

    The noise to signal ration is definitely going the wrong way here lately. Engaging the trolls will just lead to more of their stupid comments. That’s why they’re here – to get a reaction. If you simply ignore them, they’ll move on. They’ve done it before and they’ll do it again.

  • Tuxplorer

    Ha ha iPad sucks balls! iPad is so incredibly fugly and completely unusable compared to the beautiful Metro UI of Windows 8. I’m so happy that crApple is soon going to be out of buisness. Ha ha that fucking loser Steve Jobs quit because he knew crApple will be destroyed soon! Lol!

    • Anonymous

      Well, since Apple will be out of business soon, time to short the stock… Oh, wait… Apple stock is going up again. Passed Exxon in value again… Damn!

      I just lost all my money! Thanks for the great tip!

  • Ray Stevens

    What I don’t get is how every single icon is going to be retrofitted to fit a tile. Does the OS do that or does a designer do that?

  • J-mac

    Even if i have a wp7, i really didn’t expect that metro could be so damn good.

    • Anonymous

      it just works ^

  • http://twitter.com/vnchr Muhammad Zaki Al-Afr

    ugly

  • BigChiefSmokem

    Message for Apple: you want to sell more iPads? Allow us to install Windows 8 on it ;-)

    Give iOS back to Pixar and let us play with some real software.

    Love,
    The Fans

  • Anonymous

    Big problem with USA Today, need a dominant color scheme, not so many unrelavant, unmatched colors

  • Guest

    Hey Tom, is there any way to make it so we could view NEW comments without having to hit NEXT until you get to NEW comment?

  • Pacific

    Perhaps you guys should understand what “troll” is before replying to his statement.  Best advice…IGNORE
    In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory,extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

  • Anonymous

    One of the reasons I got a HP Touchpad was so I can throw Win8 on it when the beta releases, hopefully it will work