MG Siegler has half a thought on Windows 8.

Newsflash: “No compromises” is actually a huge compromise.

Actually, to most computer users, having access to the old as well as the new is not a compromise. It’s considered ... well, it’s considered having access to both the old and the new. It’s when one has to give up the old to use the new, that is when compromises have to be made.

For an example, let’s just look at how one computer user is coping with the removal of a command that has been integral to his workflow over the years:

I’ve been irritated by the new Duplicate thing, but I can’t tell if it’s because I actually prefer the old Save As workflow or simply that the new Duplicate workflow is going to take some time to get used to. I suspect it’s the latter, so I’m sticking with it for now.

Another user has to build a hack to comfortably use his computer again. MG Siegler, these are actual compromises. “I want to use the great new features provided by OS X Lion such as automatic versioning, but I have to contort my workflow around the removal of the Save As command — a staple of computer science for decades — or I have to develop a script that brings back said functionality; a script that I must maintain for as long as I am unable to grok the new Duplicate/Save a Version paradigm.”

Links come to me via Stu Parker’s piece on this.