stickman393
>> I hope Cake is working on a metro style app
God I hope not.
That's the first thing that came to mind. What a waste of real estate. Metro apps are for people who can just manage simple-minded tasks. You don't address complex requirements that way, IMHO.
I would equate DAW apps with something like the Bloomberg terminal. It is a special purpose user interface highly optimized for people whose lives depend on making many complex business decisions quickly.
You don't do that by wasting 99% of the screen space. You bring as much essential information to the surface as possible. The objective is coherent organization of complex information, not simply ignoring most of the information because it is "too hard".
I really hope nobody at any of the major DAW companies is foolish to go this direction.
That's not to say that organization is unimportant. Of course it is, but Metro apps aren't better organized. They are just dumbed down as if the target market is 2nd graders -- and unfortunately, that probably isn't too far from the mark.
This is about as useful as a "DAW on a cell phone".