And here's some more useless stuff from Windows 8:

The included Mail app only supports a "Microsoft Account", so no POP3/IMAP here...

The Calendar app likewise requires a "Microsoft Account", so no local (non-cloud) calendars...

Stuipd gestures are required to "close" an app. Who would have guessed that people will use this interface with a mouse, not just on a touchscreen?

Same thing for the "People" app... requires a "Microsoft Account".

And the "Messaging" app... only connects to MSN. This isn't too surprising, considering MSN Messenger did the same, but there are huge numbers of people that connect to other IM networks outside of MSN. Even iChat in OS X supports Jabber/XMPP and AIM (or at least it did last time i checked).


This whole thing looks to be highly cloud-focused
Here comes all the ISPs having to tell people how to install Thunderbird because the Windows Mail app won't connect to POP3/IMAP.