
Remember most people still use a keyboard and mouse It also needs to enable apps to operate on the desktop (not in a split window) to encourage greater use and spur on developers. Syncing wallpapers between both was a step in the right direction, but the touch UI should have a transparent background to feel more like a flyover to the desktop and therefore never disorientating the user. Speculation is Microsoft may formally split the platform into formal desktop and Windows RT only versions, but that would be a backwards step. In merging the traditional Windows desktop with a finger-friendly touchscreen interface Windows 8 broke new ground, but the implementation was jarring.
