A lot of people have voiced their concerns over Microsoft's use of "touch-based" UI with Windows 8. In an attempt to gauge how the "average" desktop user will engage and react to Windows 8's Metro design, lockergnome had his dad sit down and use Windows 8 without any previous instruction.
HTML5, WebGL and Javascript have changed the way animation used to be. Past few years, we can only achieve extraordinary web animation by using Flash and Java Applet. It's possible to create insane effects and crazy animations with scripting and render it on the browser.
Windows 8 was released... and it has a much more friendly looking Blue Screen of Death. It's cute and adorable... for some reason this speaks volumes to me about where Microsoft is heading and a new focus on user experience.