The Windows 8 Store
could offer a few good apps before Windows 8 is released officially this month.
A slow trickle of interesting app can be noticed from a few known brands. Netflix,
Inc.(NASDAQ:NFLX) is one of them, which has just launched its previously
declared Windows 8 app.
As per a Netflix press
release, the app has been built from the ground up to enjoy benefit of new
Windows 8 design principles and video player features. It mentioned that the
app will work fine with a keyboard and a mouse and touch-based devices.
As per Netflix, the app
takes advantages of Windows 8 graphics acceleration capabilities, which implies
that the app should not tax the CPU and battery that much. Netflix also takes
note of the fact that Windows 8 release is its first version and it has more
ideas and updates in the pipeline for this season.
The app follows the
principles of the standard Metro design with a side scrolling list of a Netflix
queue and the common Netflix categories. Also, with Windows 8, Netflix said
that its video player is more capable and works without using a noisy computer
fan.
The app is a nice
example of what a completely realized Windows 8 app should look like, however,
there are some interface oddities as well. The main menu that is presented as a
long vertical bar on the left-hand side of the screen, for an instance, shrinks
on its own when a user scrolls to the right. However, it actually covers most
of the portion on the horizontal scroll bar. That is obviously not a deal
broker, but it does reveal that most of the developers are still working to
figure out how Windows 8 user interface can be used the best on desktop.
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